The Lodge, 2 Main Street, Limavady, Co Londonderry, BT49 OEY

A two storey, three structural bay largely rebuilt , Georgian house, five windows wide, harled and rendered with a simple pediment to the central bay containing a circular window. Coloured glass in the window separated by curving mullions. Sashed Georgian windows to ground and first floor each 12 pane and aligning, those on the upper floor two thirds the height of those on the ground. Rendered chimney with four small pots to each gable, slate roof, modern barge boards. Central double door with rectangular fanlight is flanked by painted pilasters supporting an entablature broken by a central keystone brass lion head knocker and heavy fluted knob on door. Decorative kneeler stone in sand cement and painted at eaves of each gable. The building sits in its own grounds at the south western end of Main Street. The entrance to the site was formerly the termination of the street (1830s) but this has been split into two plots destroying this composition. The house is set back 60 metres from the street line and is at a different angle facing almost due south. There are mature trees at the end of the garden aligning with those on Main Street. To the west side of the house is a single storey sun lounge of modern construction but detailed to match the building in the Georgian manner. A steeply sloping slate roof rests on harled walls angled 45º at the corners. Large double glazed windows are subdivided by timber mullions to form a Georgian pattern. The top of the roof abutting the gable is flat. Above, two four pane sashes light the attic of the main house. To the rear, the sun lounge returns as a glazed corridor with French windows to meet a single storey kitchen return. This has a pitched slate roof, harled walls, and modern casement windows to each side. The eastern part of the rear elevation has a glazed porch with flat roof across part of the facade and a tall Georgian window as the front to a major reception room inside. Other windows on this facade are Georgian sashes. The level of the single window to the central bay is lower to light the staircase behind. Three triple sashed dormers are equally spaced at eaves level. To the eastern gable are two high level four pane Georgian sash windows. The ground adjacent is presently dug up to provide foundations for a new building (flats). To the rear are the remains of stables and other out buildings, these are either converted into houses or used as a store.