Fort Marian, 4 Station Road, Ballinderry, Lisburn, Co. Antrim

Detached symmetrical three-bay two-storey rubblestone and redbrick house, built c.1850, with two-storey gable-ended return built c.1990. Rectangular on plan facing east set at the end of a long lane to the west of Glenavy Road (A26) and to the north of Station Road. Pitched natural slate roof with lead ridge and four profiled rendered chimneystacks having octagonal clay pots. Cast-iron rainwater goods on iron brackets. Random rubblestone walling with squared stone quoins redbrick linings to all openings. Square-headed window openings with replacement 6/6 timber sash windows and sandstone sills. Symmetrical three-bay two-storey east front elevation with central elliptical-headed door opening having redbrick surround and replacement tripartite timber doorcase. Four-panelled timber door and pair of fixed-pane arched sidelights flanked by flat-panelled pilasters with scrolled console brackets to lintel cornice and an original spoked timber fanlight above. South gable has a single window opening to the ground floor and two window openings to the first floor with exposed rubblestone and redbrick walling surmounted by a rendered profiled chimneystack. Rear elevation abutted by off-centre gable-ended two-storey return, built c.1990. Rubblestone walling with redbrick linings to randomly-placed window openings and some timber lintels remaining from previous fenestration. Replacement bipartite timber sash window to the ground floor with timber lintel and concrete sill. North gable has two window openings to the first floor level with exposed rubblestone and redbrick walling surmounted by rendered profiled chimneystack. Setting: Positioned in a valley to the west of Glenavy Road accessed via a long lane off Legatarrif Road, formerly accessed off Station Road. The bitmac avenue approaches the house from the east running along a small front garden with a concrete paved footpath and cast-iron pedestrian gate on pair of yellowbrick piers. Lofted rubblestone outbuilding set parallel to the rear of the house having a pitched natural slate roof, external stone steps and a single-storey projection to the south end forming a small rear yard. Largely sheeted timber doors with a further redbrick projection to the north end and cement rendered walling to the north and west elevations. Further modern corrugated iron agricultural structures to the west. Roof Natural slate RWG Cast-iron Walling Rubblestone / redbrick Windows Replacement 6/6 timber sash