Ashfield House Outbuildings, 42 Killysorrel Road, Dromore, Banbridge, Co Down, BT25 1LB

Ashfield House Outbuildings

Two two-storey outbuildings predating 1830, located north of the junction between Killysorrell Road and Villa Wood Road, approximately 2 miles south-west of Dromore. Both are associated with the farmhouse, Ashfield.

Outbuilding 01: Two-storey four-bay former stores with adjoining livestock accommodation to the side and rear. The building has a pitched natural slate roof with cast-iron rainwater goods. The exterior features roughcast render with partially exposed rubble masonry walling and brick surrounds, some with snecking. Windows comprise a variety of fixed and sliding sash timber windows with either steel or timber glazing bars, timber louvered openings, all set in shallow reveals with relieving segmental arches. Timber sheeted doors provide access.

The principal elevation faces west and is asymmetrically arranged. At ground floor are three doors; the left door is flanked by a fixed four-pane light to the right and an 8/8 timber sliding sash to the left. Two cast-iron pattress plates sit between the first and second floors. The first floor comprises three louvered windows to the right, a loading door to the left, and a 9-paned fixed light at the far left. A portion of former yard-enclosing wall abuts the ground floor right.

The left gable is abutted at ground floor by a single-storey slated lean-to red-brick and rubble masonry livestock pen with wrought-iron roof lights. The right gable comprises a timber sheeted door with a fixed light to the right and a fixed 9-pane light to the left with replacement concrete cill. The north elevation contains a blank rubble masonry bay to the right, a fixed 6-pane light to the centre, and two timber sheeted doors to the left. The rear elevation comprises masonry steps accessing a single first-floor door to the left. The remainder is abutted by a double-height slate lean-to rubble masonry livestock pen (under separate ownership) with a door to the right flanked by two steel-framed 6-pane casement windows. The right gable is abutted by the north gable abutment, while the left gable is red-bricked with a single window opening and a single first-floor door.

Outbuilding 02: Two-storey four-bay former stables with later added coach masters' accommodation and adjoining carpenters workshop to the rear. The building has a pitched natural slate roof with cast-iron rainwater goods, a roughcast chimney without pots, and a weather vane. The exterior features roughcast render with partially exposed rubble masonry walling and brick surrounds. Windows comprise timber louvered openings and fixed lights with steel glazing bars. Timber sheeted doors and stable doors provide access.

The principal elevation faces west and is asymmetrically arranged, with three central modern stable doors, a fixed light to the left, and a door to the right. The first floor comprises a central door flanked by a louvered opening to the left and two louvered openings to the right, with a single fixed light at the far left. Steel pattress plates are located between ground and first floor, with an electric lamp in a glass enclosure adjacent the left stable door. The left gable has a single ground-floor door to the left and a squared-headed loft light with brick surrounds centrally positioned. The rear elevation is abutted by a single-storey lean-to abutment to the right and a two-storey lean-to abutment to the left, both with natural slate roofs and masonry walling with brick surrounds. The right abutment comprises a single door to the right cheek and two windows to the east elevation (timber sash to the right; steel casement to the left). The left abutment comprises four lights to ground and first floor with steel glazing bars and pivoted openings, with ground and first-floor doors to the left cheek. The right gable has a single ground-floor window with steel glazing bars and pivoted opening.

Setting: To the west is the main house, Ashfield, a two-storey three-bay farmhouse predating 1830. To the east is a large rectangular three-storey former hemstitching factory with a pitched natural slate roof, brick chimneystacks, and cast-iron rainwater goods; rubble masonry walling to ground and first floors and brick to the second floor. South of the yard is a single-storey double-pile former coach house with adjoining later added lean-to hen house. Throughout the site are various wrought-iron gates and rubble walls. Adjacent to Outbuilding 01 is a cast-iron water pump with a cover over the well.