180 Mullalelish Road, Derryhale, Portadown, Co Armagh, BT62 3TQ

This Grade B1 single-storey dwelling with barn stands on a site north of Mullalelish Road, approximately two miles along the road from its junction with the Portadown/Armagh road (about two and a half miles from Portadown) and less than one mile from Richhill. The house is positioned gable-end to the road within the plot and enclosed by timber fencing with a pair of elaborate timber gates.

The building follows the site contours with the barn at the lower end. The central portion is thatched without visible skews, as natural slate roofs on the barn to the south and a slate roof covering part of the dwelling to the north abut it on either side. The thatch ridge retains remains of decoration, with plain square-cut eaves. The walls combine mud and stone construction at the centre, with stone or brick used on the end sections. Stone is also used on the projecting entrance porch. The mud construction is exposed at four locations.

The barn at the southern end features a small unglazed opening in the gable and is entered by a stable door. The thatched part of the dwelling has a windbreak porch with curved jambs and a sheeted door at the northern extremity, with thatch extending over the porch. Two rendered chimneystacks with corbelled and slate cappings serve the kitchen hearth (between thatched and slated sections) and the parlour fireplace (from the north gable). Metal gutters on drive-in hooks serve the slated parts.

The main entrance is flanked on the south side by three vertically sliding windows with plain sashes, no sash stops, and traditional-depth sills. The second and third windows have reduced sill levels. The slated section to the north has two similar windows. All windows have exposed framing. The north gable is blank but the ends of a sawn purlin project slightly below either slope of a timber bargeboard.

At the rear, starting from the north end, there is a top-hung timber window lighting the back bedroom, followed by a pair of galvanised water tanks and a multi-paned metal casement window lighting the kitchen in the thatched part. A gabled projection with natural slate roof stands beyond this. A timber-sheeted door on the north side of this projection is flanked by a fixed metal window of three horizontal panes, with a top-hung timber window on the opposite side. The remaining wall face comprises a small top-hung window in the thatched part, a timber-sheeted door giving access to the barn, and a toilet projection with lean-to corrugated iron roof, timber-sheeted door on the north side, and a plain top-hung timber window on the west side. Sills are generally of traditional depths on the leading faces, except those lighting the north side of the kitchen and toilet, which are without sills. Metal gutters on drive-in hooks serve this side of the building.