Gate Lodge, 88 Ballinderry Road, Ballyellough, Lisburn, County Antrim, BT28 2QX

A 1 ½ storey, two-bay, Tudor-Gothic gate lodge built c.1870 (in derelict state). Rectangular plan form with rear return. Located adjacent the former entrance to the Brookhill Estate, off the Ballinderry Road 2.5 miles east of Upper Ballinderry. No roofing finish; large timber eaves brackets, (no eaves). Robust four-flued chimney; smooth rendered rising to moulded cornice; no pots. Cast-iron ogee moulded rainwater goods (no longer fixed). Squared rubble basalt walling with sandstone quoins. Smooth rendered redbrick to window surrounds, porch, plinth and chimney. Timber framed lattice windows behind corrugated tin; chamfered surrounds. Doors removed. The principal elevation faces north-east and is asymmetrically arranged. The left bay is abutted by a gabled porch; moulded weather coping with opening of door to the gable face; south-west and north-east faces demolished; south corner of porch clasped by gate pier. Single window to the right hand bay. The left gable is symmetrically arranged comprising a single-storey canted bay (roof demolished); single centrally located first floor window, brick relieving arch visible beneath. The rear elevation is asymmetrically arranged with a 1 ½ storey gable return comprising; single ground and first floor windows to the gable face; rear entrance to the south-west face. Single-storey lean-to extension abutting the northeast face of the return and the rear elevation. The right gable is symmetrically arranged comprising enlarged ground and first floor windows. Setting: Adjacent to the gated entrance and surrounded by mature woodlands lining the former driveway to the Brookhill Estate (House demolished). Bounded to the south-west by a moderately busy road; two modern dwellings in close proximity to the northwest. Roofing: N/A Walling: Rubble basalt/sandstone Windows: Timber framed lattice RWG: Cast-iron