Turnpike House, Shane's Castle Park, Antrim, Co Antrim

A two-storey, three-bay rendered and gabled house with a single storey basalt rubble wing to one end. Main entrance faces north-west. Two-storey block has roof of Bangor blue slates in regular courses; two chimneys, one on each gable, of red brick with corbel courses and modern pots; walls smooth rendered, lined and blocked, with raised vertical strips to each end; projecting eaves course; cast iron gutter and downpipe; PVC soil pipe. Windows to ground floor are rectangular timber sliding sash, 6 over 6 with horns, in exposed frames, set in plain reveals with projecting stone cills; windows to first floor are similar, but 3 over 6. Entrance contains a rectangular timber glazed and panelled door. Gable to left-hand end is blank; walling similar to previous; overhanging gables with timber barge boards. Rear elevation is of similar walling to previous, but without raised end strips; similar slated roof; cast iron rainwater goods. Front windows sashed similar to entrance front, and two later larger modern rectangular windows, metal casements with top-hung vent. Right-hand gable is similar to previous, with the single storey wing projecting from it. Wing is of basalt rubble with red brick flat arches to window openings; roof slated as main house; windows sashed as main house; rebuilt red brick chimney; sheeted timber door to entrance front. SETTING: The house stands in a rural area, within the demesne of Shane's Castle. It faces on to a lane within the estate, set back from it with a small hedge-enclosed front garden; rough grass garden to rear. Well-wooded demesne parkland beyond, all round.