Drumdreenagh House, 39 Drumdreenagh Road, Drumdreenagh, Banbridge, County Down, BT34 5NG

A symmetrical two-storey three-bay farmhouse built c.1840; rectangular plan form with rear return, extension and portico. Located off the Drumdreenagh Road approximately 1 mile north east of the town of Rathfriland. Pitched natural slate roofing with clay ridge tiles; replacement timber barge boards; replacement uPVC rainwater goods; cement rendered chimneystacks. Smooth cement rendered walling with faux-quoins painted directly onto walling. 8/8 timber sliding sash windows with masonry cills and contrasting reveals; no horns. Four-panelled timber door with bolection mouldings; wrought-iron ironmongery; flanked by raised-and-pointed panelled pilasters surmounted by scrolled brackets supporting moulded cornice with half-round bat-wing fan-light with coloured glass. The whole door embraced by moulded doorcase with projected lugs and plinth stops; granite threshold. Tiled steps and concrete semi-circle classical styled portico (post 1970). The principal elevation faces north east and is symmetrically arranged. The front entrance is centrally positioned with single windows to the left and right. First floor windows directly over. The left gable is blank. The rear elevation is asymmetrically arranged. Two-storey gable-ended return to the left bay; matching eaves level; slight lower ridge level. The left cheek has a single ground and first floor window centrally located. The gable is blank with a small single-storey flat-roofed extension right of centre. The right cheek is abutted by a two-storey flat-roofed extension with crenallated parapet to the right elevation; two first floor windows to the rear elevation; the right elevation has a multi-paned ground floor window left of centre; gabled single-storey porch with segmental arched windows located at the re-entrant of the extension and rear elevation. Small multi-paned, margin-paned first floor window over. The right gable has a single first floor window right of centre. Setting The house is set back but visible from the main road. The entrance to the site is served by rectangular piers surmounted by dentilled pedimented caps; modern gates to pedestrian access; cattle grid to vehicular access. The driveway from the road is straight and lined with smooth plastered walls with saddle-back copping. Landscaped turning circle with central island and water feature addressing the front elevation. Concrete yard to the rear encompassed with painted rubble masonry and block outbuilding; slate roof; timber sheeted doors and fixed light. The two-storey outbuilding immediately adjacent to the house is abstractly painted in an irregular black squared pattern. Roughcast walling with pedimented piers and wrought-iron gates throughout the rear complex. Round-headed archway adjoining the right gable of the dwelling with cornice course and projected geometric panelling. Roofing: Natural slate Walling: render Windows: Timber RWG: uPVC