Clonaslee, 2 Lurgan Road, Seapatrick, Banbridge, BT32 4AF

Clonaslee is a late Victorian two-storey-with-attic detached house built around 1900 to designs by Henry Hobart, located on the west side of Lurgan Road in Banbridge. The house is constructed in Flemish-bond red-brick on a chamfered plinth, with a pitched natural Welsh slate roof topped with decorative terracotta ridge tiles and finials. Tall red-brick chimneystacks with chamfered shafts and tall clay pots punctuate the roofline, and decorative bargeboards adorn the gables.

The principal south-facing elevation comprises a two-storey projecting gabled bay to the right, with three bays to the left. The gabled section features a canted bay window at ground floor level with a natural slate fish-scale hipped roof, topped by a centred bi-partite 1/1 timber sliding sash window on the first floor. The gable apex displays decorative brick string coursing with brick-relief detailing. A decorative open timber veranda extends across the main south façade, featuring a natural slate fish-scale lean-to roof supported on square timber columns with decorative spandrels and drop finials. The stone plinth is laid with square terracotta tiles. The veranda provides access to a porch on the right side, containing an original raised-and-fielded bolection-moulded six-panel varnished oak door with brass furniture. First-floor windows above the veranda include one on the left side beneath a gablet with pitched roof and terracotta finial. Two flat-roofed timber-framed dormers occupy the roof level, now with replacement uPVC multipane windows. A tall brick chimney sits between them. The left bay of the south elevation represents a circa 1960 extension with single window openings at ground and first-floor levels, detailed to match the existing building.

The east elevation features a two-storey canted bay to the right of a single-bay section with window openings at both levels; the first-floor window sits below a gablet with terracotta finial. A tall brick chimney is positioned between the gablet and canted bay. The ground-floor windows of the canted bay have been altered with the cill height raised and visible kitchen sink pipework. The remainder of the east elevation is set back from the canted bay, with two first-floor window openings and one ground-floor window to the right. An original panelled-and-glazed timber door with a two-pane transom light in a stop-end chamfered reveal is accessed via a bull-nosed stone step, with a plain overlight. A barometer is attached to the rear door frame. A single-storey section continuing northward features a blank façade with a bricked-up window opening on the left.

The north elevation displays a large gable abutted on the left by a single-storey red-brick return and on the right by a red-brick garage of circa 1997, forming a small courtyard. The single-storey element has an original timber-sheeted door on the right. The main rear elevation of the house has a single window opening at both ground and first-floor levels, with two narrow window openings at attic level centred below the apex.

The west elevation, from left to right, comprises a modern garage with a uPVC window, a two-storey section with three ground-floor window openings, a single first-floor opening beneath a raised-eaves roof section with a tall chimney above, and a multi-paned timber round-headed stairwell window with two metal casement opening lights to the lower portion rising above eaves height, topped with a hipped roof and small conservation-style roof light. A large timber-framed tri-partite picture window forms a circa 1960 extension to both ground and first-floor levels, with matching timber bargeboards.

Windows throughout are predominantly original single-glazed 1/1 timber sliding sash windows with horns and projecting sandstone sills, with some uPVC replacements. Cast-iron ogee rainwater goods sit on projecting eaves with exposed rafter tails; cast-iron downpipes and soil pipes feature decorative wall-fixings. Walling displays decorative string coursing with dentilled frieze at first-floor cill level and herringbone brickwork to the gable apex.

To the north of the site stands a two-storey red-brick detached former garage or motor house in similar style to the main house, with pitched natural slate roof, terracotta ridge tiles, timber bargeboards and finials to the gable, and a red-brick chimney stack. Three-paned timber-casement windows with projecting sandstone sills appear on each elevation; oculi occupy the apex of each gable. Original double-leaf timber panelled garage doors open to the east gable, and a timber-sheeted door with two-pane transom serves the south elevation. A single-storey abutment to the west gable is accessed by timber steps. Remnants of a former glasshouse remain on the left side of the south façade. A set of modest stone gate posts with chamfered edges and pointed coping stones stands at the east end of the road bounding the north boundary.

The site is large and mature, bounded to the road by a rock-faced stone wall with stone coping of circa 1974; the entrance features square gate piers supporting original cast-iron gates, also circa 1974. The grounds are landscaped and include a metal shed (former electric battery store) and timber dog kennels along the northern boundary. A modern housing development lies to the west.