87 Lackan Road, Ballyroney, Banbridge, Co Down, BT32 5HR

A two-storey two-bay vernacular direct-entry dwelling pre-dating 1834, rectangular plan form with windbreaker porch and adjoining outbuildings. Located on the south side of Lacken Road, southeast of the junction with Crabtree Lane, approximately 11 miles southeast of Banbridge. Pitched natural slate roof with clay ridge tiles. Ruled-and-lined cement rendered chimney with corbelled cap and decorative clay pots. Corbelled eaves course with metal rainwater goods. Lime-washed lime-render over rubble masonry walling. 1/1 timber sliding sash window with horns with exposed sash-boxes and concrete cills (unless otherwise stated). Painted timber sheeted entrance door with plinth blocks set into windbreaker porch with natural slate lean-to roof. Partially exposed granite threshold and masonry steps. South facing symmetrically arranged principal elevation with central entrance porch flanked by single ground floor windows. Two first floor 2/2 windows with vertical glazing bars. Horse-shoe supporting downpipe adjacent to door. The right gable is blank with an apex chimney. Abutted by single-storey outbuildings comprising pitched corrugated iron roof with corrugated ridging, lime rendered walling and a variety of timber sliding sash and fixed windows; timber sheeted doors and evidence of possible earlier door opening to dwelling, now infilled with rubble masonry; machine-sawn timber roof structure. Outbuilding extended to left by concrete block structure, same roof. The rear elevation is partially obscured by heavy vegetation. Two ground floor 6/6 timber sliding sash windows and two first floor windows directly over; no cill to first floor left. Setting Rural setting, not visible from the main road. Accessed via gravel lane, which bypasses three modern dwellings, the farmhouse is further screened from view by overgrown vegetation. The lane runs across the principal elevation, part of which appears to have been roughly cobbled. The site rises sharply at the rear, bounded by an adjacent field. Roofing: Natural slate Walling: render Windows: Timber RWG: Metal