Elagh House, 33 Upper Galliagh Road, Londonderry, BT48 8LW

Elagh House is a 2½-storey dwelling of five windows wide on its east entrance facade, dating from the 19th century. The building features a gabled projecting porch with gabled end and chimney stacks, natural slated roof, pebble-dashed walls with smooth rendered clasping quoins and smooth rendered plinth. There is a back return with single-storey additions and a two-storey rear porch.

The east entrance facade has a centrally placed porch, not original and altered on more than one occasion, with entrance door set to the side. The porch gable contains a pair of double-hung sliding sash 12-pane windows, and a single double-hung sliding sash window is positioned opposite the entrance door. On either side of the porch are two double-hung sliding sash nine-pane windows with smoothly rendered reveals and painted sandstone cills. The centre window is symmetrically placed over the porch. Above these windows the wall is unbroken to the eaves line with a slight projecting corbel or string band under the gutter, returning to gable downpipes. The spacing and relationship of solid to void creates a pleasing composition, though the porch is considered unsubtle. The dark grey pebble dashing gives the house a sombre character, though summer creeper growth adds charm.

The south gable has a narrow double-hung sliding sash 12-pane window on the ground floor positioned to the south-west, and a wider double-hung sliding sash nine-pane window on the first floor directly above. In the gable below the chimney stack is a centrally placed round-headed double-hung sliding sash 14-pane window. All windows have similar painted cills and smooth rendered reveals. There is no barge board. The chimney stack is smooth rendered with a simple plain projecting cap and five tall clay-moulded chimney pots.

The two-storey back return aligns with the south gable and contains a double-hung sliding sash 16-pane window on the ground floor lighting the kitchen, and above it an off-centre modern narrow window with single top-hung night vent. At right angles stands a single-storey addition with hipped slated roof, adjoining a further lean-to single-storey addition with skylight at the gable of the back return. A tall wide smooth-rendered chimney stack rises from this gable, evidently raised in height at some point, and retains only two clay-moulded pots.

The rear or west side has a collection of double-hung sliding sash nine and twelve-pane windows, two of which light the first and second-floor landings. The projecting rear two-storey porch has a flat roof. The north gable contains two small windows lighting the attic rooms. The chimney here is similar to the south gable but has no pots. All windows feature smooth rendered reveals returned on face, and are painted white. The roofs are finished in natural slates with metal gullies and downpipes.

The house sits on rising ground with mature gardens on three sides. The entrance avenue sweeps down the slope to square ashlar piers with channel-joined plain rustication, unfortunately painted, flanked by pebble-dashed wing walls with curved outer sections. Copings and plinths are smooth rendered and painted. The gates have been removed. The avenue is bounded by a timber rail fence. The garden contains mature beech trees of not very elegant appearance.