Lenaderg Lodge, 131 Lurgan Road, Lenaderg, Banbridge, Co. Down, BT32 4NL

Lenaderg Lodge

A symmetrical detached two-storey house with attic, built around 1870, located on the east side of Lurgan Road, Lenaderg, north of Banbridge. The house is constructed to a rectangular plan with single-storey canted bay windows to each side and a refurbished one-and-a-half storey rear return.

The pitched roof is covered in natural slate with punctured terracotta ridge tiles terminated with curved finials. Two rendered chimneystacks with terracotta pots rise from the roof. Half-round aluminium gutters and downpipes are fitted, with original cast-iron soil pipes retained. Profiled bargeboards frame the gutters. The walling is painted smooth render over a contrasting plinth.

Windows are original 2/2 horned sashes with original float glass, moulded architraves and painted masonry cills, except for replacement timber sashes to the ground floor rear. The principal elevation faces west and is symmetrically composed, with a central entrance flanked by bay windows on the ground floor, with first floor openings aligned above. The entrance comprises an original painted timber four-panelled door with rectangular red glass overlight and cast-iron door furniture, contained within a moulded architrave with flat canopy supported on scrolled foliated console brackets. Access is by two stone steps.

The north gable has two windows to ground and first floor, and a single window to the attic centrally placed. It is extended at ground floor by a kitchen return, lit at north by two original windows. The rear elevation features a tall round-headed three-light stairwell window with coloured margin lights and original obscured glass. The return has multi-pane modern French doors to the east gable and a modern timber-sheeted door to the south cheek. The attic level is accessed only from the south gable via a high-level timber loading door. The south gable is detailed as the north, with replacement windows lighting rear ground floor rooms, and is abutted by the garden wall and a pergola.

The house is set slightly back from Lurgan Road, which runs between Banbridge and Gilford, overlooking the main road. Large mature gardens surround the property to front, north and rear. A long rubble stone garden wall, likely earlier than the house, separates the rear garden from the large north garden and is inset with a round-headed timber-sheeted garden gate. The front garden is bounded to the road by cast-iron railings dating from the early twentieth century, with a garden gate set on a pair of polygonal cast-iron pillars. A wrought iron pedestrian gate hung on granite pillars provides further access to the main garden.

Original single-storey outbuildings including a laundry and coach-house are located to the rear, forming a narrow enclosed yard. The house was formerly accessed via a large enclosed yard at the south, but this access has been blocked due to safety reasons. To the east side stands a large two-storey outbuilding containing stables, byre and hayloft. All outbuildings have pitched slate roofs with lime-washed walls over a mixture of rubble stone and brick. Openings are timber, with some replacement timber tongue-and-groove doors as originals, set on granite plinths. The hayloft is accessed at the north by external steps, and also internally from the end byre by original wooden steps through a trap-door. An early twentieth century cowshed stands to the rear.