Outbuildings, Lagan Lodge, 26 Lower Quilly Road, Dromore, Banbridge, Co Down, BT25 1NL

A group of outbuildings from the early to mid-nineteenth century, located in the grounds of Lagan Lodge to the west of Dromore and partially fronting Lower Quilly Road. They form part of the setting of Lagan Lodge, a late eighteenth-century linen house.

The outbuildings are traditionally constructed and arranged in a quadrangular courtyard pattern, comprising stables, lofts, out offices and animal houses. A separate cart house stands to the south-east of the main courtyard, outside it, while a linear store links the house to the courtyard at the north-west. All buildings have pitched natural slate roofs and cast-iron rainwater goods carried on brick eaves. The walls throughout are built of random rubble stone. Openings are generally formed in redbrick, with timber sheeted doors.

The courtyard is bounded on its north side by a tall rubble-stone wall with rendered coping, supported by wide brick buttresses and accessed by a simple iron gate. Segmental-headed timber coach gates open from the road at the south-east corner. The courtyard centre contains a grass island and two pumps.

The two-storey east range comprises a loft over stables. Ground floor stable doors are flanked by timber fixed-pane windows (of 4 and 6 panes) without cills. The upper floors feature honeycomb brick ventilation panels, a timber loading door, and several small square timber sheeted openings. The gables are blank. The rear (east) elevation has a series of elliptical-headed openings infilled with brick or rubble stone, with an infilled door opening to the right.

The south range is a single-storey stable range with a monopitched roof and enlarged elliptical stable openings. Original square openings exist above, except at the extreme left. A two-storey out office is positioned at the right end, with three twelve-pane fixed windows asymmetrically arranged to each floor and a timber sheeted door with granite plinth blocks offset to the left. All ground floor openings have elliptical-headed brick voussoirs over brick tympanums. A plainly detailed door opens to the right side. All roadside elevations are blank. The garden-facing (west) gable of the out office has two windows to the ground floor and a single elliptical-headed multi-pane window to the upper floor. A round-headed timber garden gate stands immediately to the left.

The west range comprises a single-storey animal house with a monopitched roof. To the courtyard, it opens into a large rectangular enclosure bounded by rubble-stone walls and accessed by a gate. A door is positioned to the left side, and two infilled round-headed openings open into the enclosure, one containing a small four-paned window. The garden (west) elevation is blank except for a door to the left and small unglazed openings to the upper level.

At right angles to the west elevation of the animal house is a single-storey store with a hipped roof, linking the courtyard and house (now partially incorporated into the house). It is bounded by the garden to the south and the entrance forecourt to the north. The store is roughcast rendered with sash windows and vehicle doors to the north elevation; the south elevation is blank. A single 8 over 8 sash window in brick at the east end overlooks the courtyard. The north wall is abutted internally by a small monopitched pigsty with enclosure.

To the south-west of the main courtyard is a two-storey cart house with a loft over. Its north elevation has two elliptical-headed cart doors with brick voussoirs and infilled timber sheeted openings to the loft. To its right is an additional pair of timber vehicle doors providing access to a secondary court.

Along Lower Quilly Road, in proximity to the outbuildings, are five pairs of painted round rendered gate pillars with conical caps. Three of these have stone oval orbs to the apex. All five have painted metal field gates.

The outbuildings stand in extensively matured planted grounds.