Annaclone House, 5 Church Road, Lisnasliggan, Banbridge, Co Down, BT32 5AU

A symmetrical two-storey three-bay Georgian-style double-pile former rectory built 1818; (part of rear dating from c.1860) square plan form with small rear addition. Located at the corner of a sharp bend in Church Road north of the Village Annaclone, opposite the listed church, Christ Church (HB17/08/007A). Pitched natural slate roof with clay ridge tiles; masonry skews; cast-iron rainwater goods; smooth rendered chimneystacks with octagonal moulded pots. Smooth rendered walling. Variety of timber sash windows with masonry cills. Timber door with two bolection moulded lower panels, 9 fixed panes to upper portion; flanked either side by three-pane side lights with cills; spoked fan-light set into elliptical opening with panelled pilasters and replaced moulded archivolt. The principal elevation faces south and is symmetrically arranged. Centrally positioned door flanked either side by tri-partite 6/6 sliding sash windows. Three equally spaced 3/3 sliding sash windows to the first floor. The left gable is double pile. Right gable comprises 6/9 timber sliding sash window to the ground floor left with a 6/6 timber sliding sash window directly over. Left gable comprises a double height round-headed 9/9 timber sliding sash landing window to the right; diminished-in-scale 3/3 right of centre to the first floor; bi-partite 4/4 ground floor window to the left with a diminished in-height 6/6 first floor window over. The rear elevation is asymmetrically arranged. Single-storey hipped roof addition to the right with bi-partite 4/2 window to the right cheek; left cheek comprises 6/3 window to the right of the timber glazed door with side light. Replacement panelled door to the left with single and bi-partite 4/4 windows to the right; single 6/6 window at first floor level right of centre. The right gable is double pile. Right gable comprises original panelled door with square-headed overlight having geometric glazing and moulded surrounds set to left; single 6/6 window to the right. The first floor comprises two asymmetrical 6/6 windows. The left gable is blank. Setting The house is accessed form the road via a sweeping hedge-lined concrete driveway. The site is bounded to the south by trees which screen the front elevation. Yards to the side and rear of the house; roughcast rendered outbuilding with replacement corrugate metal roofing; painted timber sheeted doors and sash windows. Cast-iron water pump with cow-tail handle located adjacent to the rear elevation; manufactured by Stevenson. Further rubble masonry single storey outbuildings to the north; brick surrounds; pitched natural slate roofing. Small garden addressing the front of the house. Some historic rubble walling to the west of the house. Roofing: Natural slate Walling: rendered Windows: Timber RWG: Cast-iron