Lisnabrague Lodge, Scarva, Co Down, BT63 6NR

An asymmetrical two-storey four-bay detached house over semi-basement, built c.1770, with nineteenth-century alterations and extensions, and an attached farmyard. Rectangular plan with two-storey projecting bays to east and nineteenth-century return to north. Pitched natural slate roof with angled ridge tiles and raised masonry verges; rectangular roughcast rendered chimneystacks. uPVC rainwater goods. Walling is roughcast render with quoins; rear is partially slate-hung. Windows are uPVC replacements in smooth rendered surrounds with masonry sills; metal casements to return. The principal elevation faces west and is five openings wide to each floor. To right of centre at ground floor is a recessed entrance in elliptical-arched opening accessed by a single step, comprising raised-and-fielded ten panel timber door surmounted by fanlight having cusped and pointed glazing. Sidelights are flanked by ¾ engaged Ionic columns on pedestals and surmounted by an entablature. The north gable is blank; abutted at left by a return. The east (rear) elevation is abutted by a two-storey hip roofed return to left and a two-storey hip roofed return to right with ridge line parallel to main block. Central bay has a window at ground (right) and first floor (left) (first floor walling clad in natural slate). Left return comprises a uPVC replacement Venetian window to first floor right (first floor walling partly clad in natural slate); left cheek has two windows to first floor (boarded), uPVC window to ground floor right and replacement door to ground floor left (ground floor walling partly clad in natural slate); steps at left lead to basement; right cheek not viewed. Right return comprises a window to first floor left; modern uPVC door with sidelights to ground floor left and two narrow windows to ground floor right (first floor walling partly clad in natural slate); left cheek blank; right cheek abutted to north range. The south gable has a window to ground floor and first floor right. Setting Situated on a large mature site overlooking Lough Shark; accessed via a long tree-lined avenue from Bann Road. Variety of two-storey outbuildings to rear around a central yard; those to south have been fully refurbished and are in use as accommodation. Walled garden to south is lawned with a variety of mature trees and bounded by a tall rubble stone wall; modern single-storey bungalow and a variety of modern agricultural sheds to east. The entrance is located to south, comprising rubble stone boundary wall and ashlar gate piers with moulded caps. Roof: Natural slate Walling: Render Windows: uPVC replacements RWG: uPVC