The Rectory in Carrickacroy

Detached three-bay two-storey over-basement rectory, built c.1810, two-storey extension to north-east, advanced canted central porch addition with splayed flight of steps, single-storey outbuilding to north recently converted for domestic use and connected to house. Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, pair of recently rendered chimneystacks with clay pots flanking centre bay, replacement rainwater goods. Replacement hipped roof to porch. Roughcast rendered walls. Replacement uPVC windows in wide openings at ground level, reduced in width at upper level, having patent reveals with stone and precast concrete sills. Two-over-two timber sash windows to front basement elevation, round-headed multi-pane sash window to north elevation stair landing. Splayed flight of concrete steps to entrance. Outbuildings with pitched slate roofs, some cast-iron rainwater goods, rendered rubble-stone walls with brick dressings to openings, stone voussoirs to carriage arch, some timber sash windows and timber sheeted doors remaining. Rubble stone walls to yard and garden. Chamfered cut-stone gate piers flanking double-leaf wrought-iron gates.

A well-proportioned rectory, still in its original use retaining its original form despite changes to its fenestration, and historic materials including the round-headed stair window. The outbuildings retain their original materials and form, along with boundary walls to gardens and yards to the north and east, and together add to the rectory's setting and context. The associated Church of Ireland church of St Patrick’s Kildrumferton is located just north of the gate entrance, but the historic gate lodge has not survived. The house is an important part of this ecclesiastical ensemble and an example of the scale and quality of accommodation provided by the Church of Ireland for its clergy in the nineteenth century.