Badoney Manse, 39 Droit Road, Gortin, BT78 4DS

Detached three-bay two-storey rendered former manse, built c.1878. T-shaped on plan, facing south on an elevated site to the west side of Droit Road, within the grounds of Badoney Presbyterian church. Now vacant the house has a small enclosed rear yard with a two-storey outbuilding to the north and a short avenue to the southeast. Hipped natural slate roof with black clay ridge tiles and three large yellow brick chimneystacks having clay pots. Steel rainwater goods and timber boxed fascia to eaves. Cement pebble-dash render over redbrick walling with tooled stone quoins to all corners. Square-headed window openings (unless otherwise stated) with moulded architrave surrounds, stone sills and single-pane timber sliding sash windows with ogee horns and some cylinder glass. Front south elevation comprises a single-bay projection to the left, two bays to the right, with a single storey bay window to the right the roof to which extends to the inner corner forming a porch to the entrance. Square-headed window opening to the central bay, paired to the left and right bays. Paired round-headed window openings to the first floor, with single-pane timber sash windows. Gothic door opening to the centre bay with moulded architrave surround and a replacement hardwood glazed and panelled door with plain overlight. Door opens onto concrete step, sheltered by the extended roof to the rectangular-plan bay window, supported by a pair of timber stop-chamfered brackets. A concrete paved platform opens onto a short flight of concrete steps. West side elevation is three bays wide with a single-storey three-sided canted bay window to the right having a continuous stone sill course. The west section of the house forms a larger projection on the rear elevation with a further projection to the inner corner (accommodating the stair hall), with a further two-storey lean-to to the left. The stair hall contains a round-headed window opening with single-pane timber sliding sash window having coloured margin lights. Below the stair hall window is a flat-roofed rear entrance porch with a glazed and panelled timber door. Setting:- Rear yard is enclosed to the north by a three-bay two-storey rendered outbuilding having a pitched corrugated iron roof, pebble dash rendered walls and square-headed window openings with steel casement windows. The yard is enclosed to the east by a tall rubblestone wall with cement coping and a vehicular sheeted steel gate. Set on an elevated site overlooking Killymore Road to the south with its side elevation facing Droit Road and a short bitmac avenue descending southeast to Droit Road. Roof: Natural slate Walling: Render Windows: Timber RWG: Steel