White House — Carrigans

The saved account records: Detached three-bay two-storey house on L-shaped plan, built 1875, having advanced two-storey bay to the north end of the front elevation (west) having canted bay window at ground floor level with flat-roof over having balustraded parapet with inset decorative cast-iron railing, open single-bay porch to the centre of the front elevation (west) having balcony over with balustraded parapet having with inset decorative cast-iron railing, shallow projection to the north elevation having box bay window with paired window openings with raised parapet over having with inset decorative cast-iron railing, two-storey…

The saved account records: Low hipped natural slate roof having overhanging eaves with smooth rendered eaves course, central pair of stepped rendered chimneystacks with smooth rendered coping and polygonal pots over, and with stepped rendered chimneystacks with smooth rendered coping and polygonal pots over to the rear return and to the rear pitch of roof to the south.

The saved account records: Rendered coping over box bay window to the north.

The saved account records: Complex of ruinous two-storey outbuildings to the north-east having remains of (pitched?) natural slate roofs, partially rendered rubble stone walls, and with square-headed openings (now blocked).

White House — Carrigans matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This well-detailed and substantial two-storey house, of late nineteenth-century date, retains its original form and character. Its visual appeal and integrity are enhanced by the retention of salient fabric such as the natural slate roofs, timber sliding sash windows, and glazed timber doors. The attractive cast-iron railings over the bay windows to the north and front (west) elevations, and the cast-iron ridge cresting over the canted bay window to the south add some decorative interest. The front elevation is further enlivened by the moulded render stringcourses and eaves course, while the contrast between the… This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.