House, Lisnawesnagh, Rosslea, Co. Fermanagh, BT92 7EY

This is a two-storey, two-bay vernacular house situated on the roadside, acting as a feature along the west side of the road to the east of Lisnawesnagh Townland, directly south of Sherry’s Bridge (HB12/01/078). An outbuilding, originally one-and-a-half storeys high, is partially incorporated into the house against the left gable. The house is oriented north-west to south-east.

The roof is pitched and covered with natural slate, with two brick chimneys, one to the left gable and one to the centre. It has half-round metal rainwater goods. The walls are whitewashed and harled. Windows are 2/2 sliding sash windows with horns and painted stone cills, except as otherwise noted. The principal elevation faces north-east. The left bay features a gabled windbreak porch at the left, rising to three-quarter height and detailed to match the house, with a timber T&G sheeted door accessed by two stone steps, and windows to each floor at the right. The right bay has a central window to each floor. The left gable abuts a slightly lower, cement-rendered outbuilding, which formerly had a pitched roof that has since been removed, and is now partially incorporated into the house.

The north-east elevation is lime-rendered over rubble stone to the left and cement-rendered to the right, all whitewashed. A timber T&G sheeted door is centrally positioned, with a timber top-hung casement with a concrete cill to its right. To the left are two windows matching the main block, one to the ground floor and a smaller one set to the left of centre at eaves level. The left gable is blank. The rear elevation has a timber top-hung casement with a concrete cill to the left of centre, while the right gable abuts the house. A single-storey addition almost completely abuts the rear elevation; the exposed right end is blank. The first floor has a small window to each bay, without cills. The return elevation has a monopitched corrugated metal roof and concrete block walls, with a large timber top-hung casement without a cill on the rear face and a timber-sheeted door on the left cheek. The right cheek is blank. The right gable is abutted by a slightly taller modern house.

A building is first shown on the 1857 Ordnance Survey 6-inch map, with the 1907 Ordnance Survey map also showing it. It is likely to date from the later 19th century, although the valuation revision books do not provide specific construction details. The building was recorded as derelict, and is currently in private ownership.