Killagorden

Killagorden is a country house built in the late 18th century and early 19th century. It features painted shale rubble construction, Delabole and asbestos slate roofs, and brick chimneys. The house has a central 18th-century two-room plan with a long service wing at the rear and early 19th-century wings that include a lean-to over the stair in the angle.

The symmetrical two-storey southeast front has three bays on either side of a central doorway, which is adorned with a Tuscan porch supported by granite columns and an anthemion frieze. Above the doorway is a narrow 12-paned sash window. The ground floor has tall 16-paned sash windows, with matching 16-paned sashes above. Early 19th-century additions include taller projecting canted bays with 12-paned sashes, all without horns, and slightly arched openings with rendered voussoirs. There are two hipped dormers above the central section and a round-arched stair window at the rear with glazing bars.

Inside, there is a fireplace with engaged columns in the room to the left of the entrance. The entrance room features a ceiling cornice and band with trailing vine, fruit, and rose motifs. The right 19th-century wing has a plaster cornice and ceiling band, while the left wing displays a cornice with bead and reel and egg and dart designs. The open well stair has an open string design and a wreathed mahogany handrail over the newel.