Lodge, 10 Dromara Road, Dromore, Banbridge, Co Down, BT32 5EU

A one-and-a-half storey Edwardian gate-lodge built c.1905 to the designs of Henry Hobart. Rectangular plan form with abutments; projecting porch and large extension to the rear. Located within the grounds of the Cowan Heron Hospital (HB17/14/011A) adjacent to the junction between Dromara Road and Circular Road. Pitched rosemary tile roof with crested terracotta ridge tiles and moulded gable finials; moulded barge boards and exposed rafter ends; decorative red-brick chimneystack with incised corners and corbelled upper courses; terracotta pots. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Red-brick walling laid to Flemish bond; moulded plinth course to cill level; raised long-and-short brick quoins Timber casement leaded lattice windows; no cills with exception of projected masonry cills to upper floors. Double-leaf timber panelled door with round-headed alcove surrounds with impost moulding and decorative terracotta keyblock to voussoirs; round-headed lattice-leaded fanlight over moulded timber cornice. The principal gable faces north and is symmetrically arranged; projected tripartite bay window with hipped roof. Single bipartite window to first floor with Timber Tudor-style apex. The east elevation is asymmetrically arranged; the historic right side is abutted by a single-storey gabled side return comprising a canted bay window with timber Tudor-style gable head. The right cheek is abutted by the gabled entrance porch; entrance door to the gable; single window to the left cheek. The left forms part of the modern rear extension (Planning Application dated 1995) styled as the original house with bay windows and half-timbering detail; large uPVC conservatory; of no historic interest. The rear elevation is no longer visible. The west elevation is asymmetrically arranged; single small window located right of centre to the upper floor. The right forms part of the modern rear extension. Setting The dwelling was the former gate lodge to the Cowan Heron Hospital (HB17/14/011A), which is located south east. The gate lodge is within the grounds of the hospital and located adjacent to the entrance accessed via decorative wrought-iron gates (HB17/11/014D). Gardens to the rear with a modern red brick garage (Planning Application dated 2000) further south. Roofing: Rosemary tile Walling: Red brick Windows: Lattice leaded RWG: Cast-iron