Outbuildings, Pellipar House, Dungiven, Co Londonderry

Outbuildings at Pellipar House, Dungiven

A long stone-built outbuilding of the early 19th century, presenting a fine classical composition in Georgian style. The structure is two storeys on its west side and one storey on the east, symmetrically designed with centre and terminal pavilions extending for 14 bays.

The west façade, rising two storeys, features a central pedimented pavilion containing a large flat-headed gateway opening that has replaced two original elliptical arched openings trimmed with ashlar sandstone—the remains of the original jambs are still visible on either side. Above the gateway are two unframed window openings positioned directly beneath a plain stringcourse at the pediment level. The centre of the pediment contains a circular oculus with a small square opening at its centre. The stonework within the pediment is neatly executed in sandstone ashlar.

At each end, the pavilions are topped with gables bearing similar plain pediments to the centre (though without oculus). Each end pavilion has a single ground floor door with a centrally positioned window above. The six bays between the gabled pavilions contain a series of doors and windows, many of which have been altered. At first floor level are two doors with single windows on either side. A plain stringcourse marking the first floor line runs the entire length of the building, with a plain sandstone corbel course at gutter level. The walls are built of roughly squared sandstone with Welsh slate roofs.

The east side consists of a series of double door openings with single louvred openings on either side.

The building sits on the west side of the avenue from Dungiven Main Street, presenting a single-storey height on the upper approach that changes to two storeys on the lower side. Close proximity of later buildings has compromised appreciation of its classical composition. Additional stone-built stables with redbrick trim are irregularly positioned at the south end of the principal block, forming a small courtyard with tall stone pillars creating a gateway access from the avenue. Further south lie the ruins of a residential building, formerly a rectory and possibly the house called Bellevue, once home to one of the Ogilbys.

The 1832 Ordnance Survey map shows a building on this site approximately half the length of the present structure. The 1856 revision of the 1832 Ordnance Survey map shows the building as it exists today.