'Peacefield', 22 Carbet Road, Ballynacor, Portadown, Craigavon, County Armagh, BT63 5RJ

Peacefield is a substantial two-storey farmhouse consisting of two distinct architectural phases. The original house dates from 1788 and comprises a long, low two-storey vernacular return building on an east-west axis. To the east end stands a formal late Georgian style two-storey hip-roofed front block of around 1840. The property sits within spacious, partially wooded grounds at the end of a long drive off Carbet Road, approximately two miles north of Portadown. The overall plan is roughly T-shaped, with the vernacular return merging into outbuildings at the west end. A recently added conservatory extends from the south side of the front block. The setting includes a forecourt to the east (accessed from the north), beyond which lies a large lawn fringed with mature trees. To the west is a collection of outbuildings arranged around a farm yard.

The front elevation of the Georgian block presents a typical three-windows-wide composition. At ground floor centre is a broad elliptical-headed doorway with panelled timber double doors, sidelights with decorative tracery and panelled aprons, and a radial fanlight. The door and sidelights are encased with pilaster-like panelled timber jambs rising to a moulded cornice beneath the fanlight. The doorway is reached via two generously proportioned splayed stone steps, which appear to be relatively recent replacements. Directly above the fanlight is a projecting period-style lamp. To the left of the doorway is a flat-arched window with painted stone cill and a horn-less timber sash frame with Georgian panes (6/6 lights). To the right is an identical window, with three further windows to the first floor, all identical in character. The south face of the front block is now largely covered by a timber-framed conservatory with canted end to the east and gable end to the west. One original ground floor window survives on this face; the other has been converted to a doorway linking to the conservatory. The north face has two symmetrically arranged ground floor windows with two further windows directly above on the first floor, all matching the front elevation style. Projecting lamps are set between all four windows. The west face of the front block is largely obscured, but exposes one first-floor window similar to those described.

The long north face of the vernacular return displays an irregular arrangement of openings. At ground floor left are three windows, with a doorway between the first and second. These windows are similar in style to the front block but shorter in proportion. A smaller window to the right is set high and filled with a fixed timber frame with Georgian-like panes. Above the doorway is a small slate plaque inscribed 'D Ruddell 1788' with naïve heraldic depictions including wreaths, a star and a reindeer. The first floor has four widely spaced windows, with the first three matching those below, though the second window frame has been recently replaced with thicker glazing bars. The fourth window to the far right is very narrow with a plain timber sash frame. Much of the western half of this face is obscured by tall trees.

The south face of the return displays a haphazard arrangement of openings. At the far left is a broad doorway with timber-sheeted door, directly above which is a small boarded-up window. To the right is an external stone stair leading to an upper-level doorway with timber-sheeted door. Beyond the stair is a large flat-arched vehicle entrance with timber-sheeted double doors, probably originally narrower. To the right is a small window with fixed timber frame and Georgian-like panes. A relatively large single-storey lean-to projection follows, with a doorway and wide tripartite timber sash frame (4/2, 6/3, 4/2) to its right. Adjacent is a small elliptical-arched window with fixed timber frame and spoke tracery, followed by a doorway with a relatively recent half-glazed timber door. The first floor to the right of the upper-level doorway contains five windows of various sizes: the first and fourth have 6/6 timber sash frames; the second and fifth have 6/3 frames; the third is a squat fixed frame with six Georgian-like panes.

The entire building facade is finished in roughcast and painted, with smooth render to the reveals. The front block roof is hipped; the return is gable-ended with slating throughout. The front block roof, which overhangs slightly, has two centrally positioned rendered chimneystacks and another to the west side near the eaves, with three small symmetrically arranged skylights. The return has a large rendered chimneystack east of centre on the ridge and another further west close to the eaves. Cast-iron rainwater goods are fitted throughout.

The outbuildings to the west are largely grouped around a concrete-covered yard and consist of single to one-and-a-half storey gabled structures with roughcast facades and mainly slated roofs. They have flat-arch vehicle and pedestrian doorways of various sizes, mostly filled with timber-sheeted doors, and flat-arch windows largely filled with replacement timber frames from around the 1970s. Some openings may not be original; vehicle doorways in particular appear enlarged. The yard is enclosed to the west side by a relatively tall rubble wall. Beyond the yard to the southeast is a small freestanding outbuilding recently enlarged to contain two garages. Immediately to the east is a small enclosed formal garden with pond, also a recent creation.