Heron Lodge, 89 Ballynahinch Road, Dromore, Co.Down

A detached symmetrical two-storey three-bay house; built 1882 as a teacher’s residence for the neighbouring Ballyvicknacally School (HB17/14/003A) and located to the north side of Ballynahinch Road west of Dromore. Rectangular on plan with two-storey return and extension to rear, abutted by a single-storey extension. Pitched natural slate roof with blue/black angled ridge tiles and bargeboards to gables. Yellow brick chimneystacks to gables having terracotta pots. Aluminium rainwater goods on projecting timber eaves with cast-iron downpipes. Walling is painted smooth render on a contrasting plinth with plasterwork Heron emblem above entrance door. Replacement timber-framed casement windows mimicking sashes throughout; uPVC to rear extension, all with projecting masonry sills. The principal elevation faces south with two windows to ground and first floor and a replacement panelled-and-glazed timber door to centre surmounted by gabled timber canopy on brackets with drop finial and strut. The west elevation has a window to first and ground floor left. The rear elevation has return to left with a large window to centre; abutted at right by the two-storey extension and to ground floor by the full-width lean-to modern extension. The east elevation has a window to first floor right. Setting: Situated directly west of the former Ballyvicknacally School (HB17/14/003A). Set back from the road with lawned and shrubbed garden to front and west. Block paving to driveway with parking area to west of house. Small paved yard with grass verge to rear. Modern timber gates and boundary fence to entrance. Roof: Natural slate Walling: Smooth render Windows: Replacement timber casements RWG: Aluminium