15 Legatonegan Road, Lislaird, Castlederg, Strabane, Co Tyrone BT81 7UJ

This detached three-bay two-storey rendered house was rebuilt around 1910 in the townland of Lislaird, Castlederg. Although now in derelict condition, it displays many typical features of vernacular construction, including a windbreaker entrance porch and diminutive proportions. The horizontally sheeted internal partition walls are a notable local feature. Loss of detailing through deterioration has diminished the building's current value.

The house is rectangular on plan, facing east, and sits within its own grounds on the north side of Legatonegan Road, accessed by a lane perpendicular to the road. It is abutted to the north gable by a ruined rubble stone two-storey wing and to the south gable by a single-storey wing, now largely collapsed.

The structure is built of rubble stone with rough-cast lime render over the walling. The pitched natural slate roof is topped with roll-moulded terracotta ridge tiles. A single rendered chimneystack to the north gable retains cast-iron rainwater goods, though the chimneystack to the south gable has also collapsed.

The three-bay two-storey front elevation features a central windbreaker entrance porch with a lean-to natural slate roof, timber lintel, and vertically-sheeted timber door flanked by curved lime rendered rubble stone walls. The main elevations have square-headed window openings with concrete sills and timber sash windows with exposed sash boxes. The south gable wing contains a pair of square-headed upper-floor window openings and a further window with a 6/6 timber sash on the front elevation of the wing.

The rear elevation features a catslide roof, with the two south bays forming a single-storey projection and the north bay retaining two storeys. The north cheek of the projection has a square-headed door opening with vertically-sheeted timber door and a diminutive four-pane timber casement window above.

Historical records show that buildings were present on the first edition Ordnance Survey map of 1833, with one apparently surviving to the present day. A further outbuilding appears on the third edition map of 1904-5. Griffith's Valuation of 1856-64 lists a house, offices and land occupied by George Hunter, leased from Lord Castlestewart, valued at £1, later amended to £1 10 shillings. The Hunter family continued to occupy the property through subsequent decades. By 1914, valuation records note "New house, old house down", indicating the current structure's construction date. The house and two outbuildings were all of rubble masonry; one small building adjoining the main house to the south was thatched, with some outbuildings roofed in corrugated iron and wood. The estimated construction cost was £224. George Hunter acquired the property in fee in 1918. By 1933, Letitia Margaret Hunter was the owner in fee. At that time, the house comprised a kitchen, pantry and/or porch, two rooms, a store, three bedrooms and an attic store, with the formerly thatched outbuilding adjacent to the main house by then roofed with corrugated iron.