Lisnagade House, 27 Lisnagade Road, Lisnagade, Co Down, BT32 3QN

A detached symmetrical two-storey three-bay Regency house built c.1827, on large grounds to the south side of Lisnagade Road northeast of Loughbrickland. Rectangular plan with central segmental projection to front; L-shaped two-storey return (c.1870) and single-storey lean-to extension to rear. Hipped natural slate roof with blue-black angled ridge tiles and some leaded hips; rendered chimneystacks with tall clay pots. Cast-iron half-round rainwater goods on projecting eaves with timber soffits and paired modillions. Walling is roughcast render. Windows are timber sliding sash with projecting sills; 6/3 to first floor and 6/6 to ground floor. The principal elevation faces south and is three bays wide arranged about a central two-storey segmental projection terminating in a plain frieze. First floor overhangs slightly on four semi-engaged columns (more closely spaced to left and right) with entablature all in painted stucco on a flagstone stepped plinth. Central raised-and-fielded six panel timber door surmounted by a rectangular timber fanlight and flanked by narrow round-arched timber windows with geometric glazing; window to first floor. Flanking bays are one window wide to each floor. The west elevation has two blind windows to first floor; abutted at ground floor by a modern timber conservatory (of no interest). The north (rear) elevation is abutted at left by the L-shaped two-storey hipped roofed return (ridge level lower than main block). To right are two windows to first floor and a single-storey lean-to extension with a right of centre modern timber-sheeted entrance door flanked by two windows to left and a single window to right. Return has a single central window to ground floor; left cheek has three equally spaced windows to first floor and two windows to ground floor positioned to centre and left; right cheek has two widely spaced windows to first floor with two windows directly below and a window to right; abutted to right by the two storey 'leg' of the return incorporating a window to first floor north face. The east elevation is two windows wide to each floor. Setting The house occupies a large mature site between two historically significant raths, with unspoiled views over surrounding farmland. Accessed via a long gravelled lane leading to a gravelled courtyard to the rear of the house. To secondary entrance are two large granite piers with chamfered plinth recessed panels and stepped pyramidal caps. Entrance to rear yard has two round rubble stone piers and a metal water pump; to west is a refurbished two-storey random rubble stone barn with red-brick dressings, having replacement timber casement windows and a variety of timber-sheeted doors in segmental-arched surrounds. Roof: Natural slate Walling: Render Windows: Timber RWG: Cast-iron