Gate Lodge, Wallace Park, Magheralave Road, Lisburn, Co. Antrim, BT28 3BE

Detached single-storey redbrick and stucco former gate lodge, built c.1885 with pair of canted bays. Square on plan facing north with west section added c.1910, extensively renovated c.2005, set perpendicular to the west entrance of Wallace Park. Hipped natural slate roof with roll-moulded terracotta ridge tiles, rolled leaded hip ridges surmounted by timber finials and two decorative redbrick chimneystacks with stucco cornice and clay pots. Ogee moulded cast-iron guttering on deep moulded eaves cornice above continuous string course. Redbrick walling laid in Flemish bond, moulded plinth course with rusticated stucco up to continuous moulded sill course. Square-headed window openings with architrave surrounds and replacement 6/6 timber sash windows. Front north elevation has a central three-sided canted bay and a square-headed opening to the west with inset doorcase. Architrave surround to door opening with replacement flat-panelled timber door. East side elevation has an off-centre shallow three-sided canted bay with lead-lined roof. Paired window opening to the left of bay with single architrave surround and central render mullion. Rear elevation has a lead-lined flat-roofed central section abutted by tall redbrick wall enclosing small rear yard. West side elevation has a symmetrical composition of two window openings and faces Magheralave Road. Setting: Set within the grounds of Wallace Park perpendicular to its west entrance enclosed to the road by rock-faced wall and replacement iron railing with matching entrance sweep having replacement iron gates and railings. Small front garden fronting onto the bitmac road within the park enclosed by timber picket fence. Roof Natural slate RWG Ogee moulded cast-iron Walling Redbrick / rusticated stucco Windows Replacement timber sash