Burn Lodge, Crawfordsburn Road, Bangor, Co Down, BT191HY

A two storey, single-bay lodge, built 1812 in Neo-Renaissance style and located at the entrance to Crawfordsburn house to the east of Crawfordsburn village. Square on plan with substantial lower return to north (c.1910); projecting single-storey porch and single-storey return to rear. Hipped natural slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles and pinnacles. Painted masonry chimneystack with clay pots. Ogee cast-iron rainwater goods with hoppers on moulded sandstone eaves. Walling is painted roughcast render with smooth render plinth. Windows are round-arched timber 1/1 sliding sash with horns in moulded painted ashlar surrounds. Sills are painted masonry. The principal elevation faces west. The main body of the gate lodge to right is surmounted by an octagonal first floor with octahedral roof, the upper floor having Tuscan colonnettes to each corner set into recesses with squared abacus and topped by an entablature. The projecting porch is pedimented with double-leaf eight-panelled timber door; spoked fanlight in moulded surround to stringcourse at springing level. To left is a canted bay with three window openings. North elevation has semi-circular-headed niche to left cheek of porch with moulded surround having stringcourse at spring level. Main elevation is blank to right and to left has gable end with pediment; central moulded scroll motif over paired windows. To left is a simple timber gate leading through to rear yard. The rear elevation mirrors the principal elevation. To right the south wall of the 1910 extension contains a glass and panelled modern timber door; east wall is blank. Walled rear yard. The south elevation presents a symmetrical elevation, with wings to either side. Central breakfront to ground floor containing a square-headed window with moulded surround having stringcourse at spring level. First floor contains oeil-de-boeuf window with moulded surround. Setting The lodge has a leafy backdrop and is separated from the main road to the south by a rough-cast rendered wall with coping stones. The principal elevation fronts onto Old Windmill Road having cast-iron railings with gate and roughcast rendered pier. The rear of the property is currently used as a small-holding and is separated from the neighbouring property by hedgerow. Roof: Natural Slate Walling: Roughcast Windows: Timber RWG: Cast-iron