Lodge, 68 Dunbarton Street, Loughans, Gilford, CRAIGAVON, BT63 6HJ

A single-storey three bay classically styled gate lodge built c.1845 to the designs of architect Thomas Jackson. Rectangular plan form with a large two-storey flat roofed rear extension. Located on Dunbarton Street adjacent to the Gilford Presbyterian Meeting House (HB17/01/016); northwest of the village centre. Hipped natural slate roof with leaded hips and ridge. Projected eaves with paired eaves brackets. Ogee moulded cast-iron rainwater goods. Smooth rendered chimney with moulded cornice; octagonal clay pots over. Stucco rendered walling with horizontal rusticated channelling framed by Doric pilasters rising to a blank frieze. Segmental arched bi-partite casement windows with margin panes; painted masonry cills with moulded brackets; set into a moulded segmental arched recess with plinth blocks and channelled voussoirs. Segmental arched timber door with moulded surrounds and plinth blocks; bolection moulded lower panels; upper glazing matches windows; brass and cast-iron ironmongery. Replacement tiled step. The door is embraced by an Ionic portico; single columns supporting an entablatured pediment. The principal elevation faces southwest and is symmetrically arranged. Door centrally located flanked either side by a single window. The northwest elevation is symmetrically arranged with a single blanked window recess. The rear elevation is completely abutted by a flat roofed two-storey extension of no interest. Two-rooflights to the rear roof pitch. The southeast elevation is symmetrically arranged with a single window centrally located. Setting: Immediately to the front of the lodge is a small hard-landscaped garden enclosed by a masonry wall beyond which is a busy thoroughfare. The Presbyterian Church (HB17/01/016) situated to the east overlooks and dominates the setting of the lodge. A double-height rubble masonry wall with remains of a Doric pilaster moulding bounds the site between the lodge and the church. Roofing: Natural slate Walling: Stucco render Windows: Timber RWG: Cast-iron