88 Lodge Road, Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, BT52 1NF

88 Lodge Road is a detached, symmetrical three-bay single-storey house with attic, built around 1820. The building is rendered and T-shaped in plan, with a two-storey gabled return to the rear. It likely represents the oldest surviving house on Lodge Road and may have connections to the now-demolished Hatton's Lodge. The early plot boundary that Lodge Cottage retains appears to have set a standard for subsequent development along the road.

The main front elevation, facing Lodge Road to the west, is symmetrical and features a central doorway flanked by pairs of window openings. Square-headed window openings throughout have painted masonry sills and original single-pane timber sash windows with painted architrave surrounds. Below the eaves course runs a plain frieze, present on the front elevation only. The pitched roof is covered in artificial slate with roll-moulded black clay ridge tiles. Two rebuilt red brick chimneystacks with clay pots rise from the roof, each finished with decorative iron finials. Both gables are topped with iron finials and timber bargeboards. The roof also features a pair of canted dormer windows glazed on three sides with exposed rafter feet.

The front entrance comprises a replacement tripartite timber glazed screen surmounted by a pediment supported on foliate console brackets and pilaster strips. A three-panelled timber door with stained and leaded upper light opens onto a concrete step and platform within the front garden. Rainwater goods have been replaced with uPVC.

The west gable has replacement cement-rendered walls with uneven finish and a pair of window openings to each level. The east gable is finished as per the front elevation, also with two window openings to each level. The rear elevation is abutted by a gable-ended two-storey return at its centre and a single-storey range of rendered former outbuildings at the re-entrant east angle. The return has uPVC windows and a replacement tripartite timber glazed entrance screen. The remainder of the walling is rough-cast rendered, with replacement rendering to the west gable; all painted surfaces are maintained in paint.

The property stands on a substantial site set slightly back from Lodge Road to the east. The front garden is enclosed by a low rendered wall and hedging, with an original wrought-iron pedestrian gate mounted on a pair of Giant's Causeway piers; a gravel drive approaches from the south end. A partially cobbled rear yard is enclosed by a range of single-storey rendered former outbuildings abutting the rear of the house. Beyond lies a grazed paddock enclosed by mature trees and an early native hedgerow. A single-storey outbuilding abuts the rear, enclosing the yard.

The house appears on the first edition Ordnance Survey map of 1830 as a simple rectangular structure located near 'The Lodge', a substantial nearby residence. By the second edition of 1849–50, the building had been captioned 'Lodge Cottage' and extended substantially to the rear. The nearby mansion, 'The Lodge' (originally known as 'Hatton Lodge'), was built by the Hatton family, Coleraine merchants, and is thought to date from at least the early 1700s. However, the relationship between Lodge Cottage and The Lodge remains unclear; by the mid-nineteenth century the two buildings were in separate ownership.

Griffith's Valuation (1856–64) records the occupier as James Loughlin, who leased the property from the Marquess of Waterford. The house and offices were valued at £8 and stood on a plot of over seventeen acres. Following James's death in 1866 and his wife Sarah's in 1872, the property passed to their son and daughter. By 1887 the valuation had increased to £18, suggesting significant improvements. In 1901, the occupier was James's unmarried daughter Jane Loughlin, aged 69, who lived on dividend income and employed a live-in servant. The twelve-room house was designated first class. In 1909 the property passed to John A Loughlin, who let it to William Jackson during the 1920s and 1930s. Valuer's notes from the 1930s record the accommodation as three reception rooms, kitchen, scullery and pantry on the ground floor, and four bedrooms, bathroom and separate water closet on the first floor. The house was noted as 'old' with a low roof and ceilings. The dwelling continues in domestic use.