Legatirriff House, 17 Lough Road, Legatirriff, Ballinderry Upper, Lisburn, Co. Antrim, BT28 2HA

A two storey, three bay, lobby entry thatched house with a one and a half storey thatched annex on the south-east gable. The external finish is of roughcast The building faces north-east set a little distance from the road behind a lawn and a beech hedge that is pierced by an arch formed of ivy that contains a hooped and fleur-de-lis decorated iron gate. The lawn is terminated on the north-west side by a low roughcast wall with projecting saddle back coping. From the Moira roundabout (Exit 9) of the M1 Motorway the road leading northwards in the direction of Glenavy is travelled for about five miles before making a left hand (west) turn and crossing Addisons Lane Ends. Legatirriff house is situated on the left-hand (south-west) side of Lough Road a distance of about a mile from the main road. The thatch covering is contained within concrete parapets. Exposed scollops form a pattern on the block ridge and there is no exposure at the eaves. Each gable rises to a corbelled and moulded top chimneystack and there are similar features over the kitchen hearth and the inner wall of the Living Room. The right hand stack is provided with one pot. The four panel entrance door with integral four pane mouth organ glazing in the upper part is flanked to the right (north-west) by one and to the left by two 6/6 vertically sliding windows with exposed framing and sills of traditional depths. There are no sash stops. Above each of these windows a light of similar construction occurs but of 3/3 format. All of the openings on the front elevation are set in plain cement surrounds. There is a plain sashed vertically sliding window in the right hand (north-west) gable. The rear of the house has had a timber-framed conservatory added that provides covered access from the house to the annex. From the north-west corner before reaching the conservatory the fenestration consists of a vertically sliding window with sashes divided into two horizontally. The frame is not exposed, there are sash stops and the sill is of traditional depth. Next there is a pair of 3x2 casements with exposed framing and a sill of intermediate depth. Above this is a 3x2 casement window lighting a bedroom. The rear entrance and a 6/6 vertically sliding window that provides light to the living room are within the conservatory. This is also the case with a 3x2 casement window lighting a bedroom. A pitched roof dormer, with timber bargeboard and fascias, has been inserted into the thatch covering to provide light and headroom for the bathroom. The associated window is 6/6 vertically sliding with exposed framing, sash stops and narrow sill. The annex has a 3/3 vertically sliding window with exposed framing, sash stops and sill of traditional depth at the rear, a part glazed door at the side and a 6/6 vertically sliding window with exposed framing, sash stops and a sill of traditional depth above.