Lisnashanker House, 11 Redhill Road, Lisnashanker, Dromore, Co.Antrim, BT25 1RL

Detached seven-bay two-storey rendered country house of 18th century origins, largely remodelled late 19th century, facing south with earlier house to rear, built c.1750, functioning as a return to the house and forming a T-plan. Located on the south side of Redhill Road accessed by a long lane with two ranges of two-storey rubble outbuildings to the west. All in ruinous condition. Hipped natural slate roof, black clay ridge tiles, pair of profiled rendered brick chimneystacks and ogee-moulded cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted ruled-and-lined lime rendered walling with rusticated rendered quoins to corners and plinth course. Plat band above ground floor to front elevation only and banded plain rustication below. Rough-cast lime render over redbrick and rubblestone walling to return. Square-headed window openings with stone sills and single-pane timber sash windows, unless otherwise stated. Symmetrical seven-bay two-storey front elevation with central Doric portico. Architrave surrounds to first floor windows. Square-headed door opening (door missing) flanked by pair of Doric pilasters and advanced pair of Doric columns supporting architrave, cornice and blocking course above. West side elevation is blank. Rear north elevation abutted by lower gable-ended two-storey return, with a single bay to the west of return and two bays to the east. East side elevation is blank. Three-bay two-storey rendered return has pitched natural slate roof with redbrick chimneystack rising from north gable end. West elevation now obscured by ivy growth having small entrance porch. Pair of square-headed window openings to rear gable set within segmental-arched openings and 6/6 timber sash windows with exposed sash boxes. Further pair of 6/6 timber sash windows with exposed sash boxes to east elevation to first floor with three smaller square-headed window openings to the ground level with timber casement windows. A short brick screen wall abuts the southwest corner of the front elevation and connects to two gable-fronted rubblestone outbuildings, the rear gables of which face into a former yard to the southwest with a further two-storey rubblestone and redbrick outbuilding enclosing the yard to the west. The twin-gabled range have pitched natural slate roofs with a single-storey lean-to wrapping around the north and east elevation. Some timber plank doors survive. The range to the west has recently collapsed with some iron machnery evident to the interior. The lane exits the yard to the north passing the rear return to meet the lane leading to Redhill Road. To the east of the house is the remains of a more formal iron gate screen as the lane turns north. Roof Natural slate Walling Painted render Windows Timber sash RWG Cast-iron