Carrickmore House, 175 Ballyquin Road, Limavady, Co Londonderry, BT49 9HA

Carrickmore House is a good neo-Tudor house of mid-19th century date, well preserved with consistent detailing throughout. It stands as a one-and-a-half storey detached dwelling in neo-Tudor style, with smooth rendered walls, sandstone quoins, barges and kneelers. A series of gables contain first floor windows beneath steep pitched natural slated roofs. A cluster of smooth rendered Tudor-style chimneys with tall pots sit on the ridge, though some have been re-rendered.

The entrance front is three bays wide and features a projecting gabled porch with a wide doorway and sandstone trims boldly chamfered with a Tudor arch. Above the doorway is a plain fanlight with pointed label moulding. On either side are six-pane mullioned windows with single transom and chamfered sandstone trim with square label moulding. At first floor, set in the centre of the gable, is a four-pane mullioned window with transom. Above it sits a small narrow blank lancet positioned near the apex of the gable.

The south front has a central projecting gable containing a six-pane window matching those of the entrance front, with a narrower six-pane window above and a narrow blank lancet in the gable apex. The east side features a similar ground floor window. The west side has a four-light window with a smaller four-light window above, all with sandstone and label mouldings.

The north front is three bays wide, consisting of two gable ends fenestrated similarly to the other gables, with a narrower gable set back between them containing ground floor and first floor windows. The west front is similar in composition to the entrance front but lacks the porch projection. A two-storey projection with gable end has been added recently, finished entirely in smooth rendering with windows matching the earlier ones.

The house plan comprises a south block with central projecting gable and two gabled blocks at right angles to it, with a narrower gabled part sandwiched between. To the rear is a yard bounded by walls and a one-and-a-half storey outhouse with flat-roofed dormer windows. The house is sited on a plot adjacent to Carrick Church and has two avenue approaches; the approach through the church grounds leads through a good garden with mature trees and varied shrubs.

The house appears to be contemporary with Carrick Church or built shortly afterwards. It is recorded in Griffiths Valuation (1858) as Glebe House, offices and land, valued at £18. It is no longer the rectory and is now privately owned. Owners report that they were told by a researcher from Queen's University that the building was designed by Charles Lanyon.