20 Ranaghan Road, Maghera, Co. Londonderry, BT46 5ND

The house is sited along a short lane that proceeds in a south-westerly direction off Ranaghan Road about a mile and a quarter from the centre of Maghera. A dwarf wall with coping and entrance gate stands before the exposed part of the front elevation and a wall of increased height, minus a coping, appears in front of the second and last outbuilding on the north-west side. The house faces north-east and is by-passed on the left (south-east) side to give access to a range of plastic-covered outbuildings. The house is single storey, five-bay, direct entry with a plastered and whitened wall finish above a coloured base that is a feature at the front only. Abutting the right (north-west) gable a store has been incorporated within the dwelling transforming it from four to five bays. The walls of this bay and of an adjoining annex are of whitened stone without contrasting bases. The roof is covered with corrugated iron and terminates at the gables by means of concrete copings. Corbelled chimney stacks, each with one clay pot, rise from either gable and there is a further stack positioned left of centre to serve the kitchen fireplace. The former store has a pitched corrugated iron roof with a timber bargeboard and the adjoining annex is lean-to roofed. The entrance is within a projecting feature contains a scullery and a bathroom under an extension of the main roof. This unit is lighted by two metal-framed windows and has a sheeted door. The widows lighting the front of the building are all metal framed. There are three to the left (south-east) of the kitchen / bathroom projection, one to the right and another lighting the former store now part of the dwelling. This unit is provided with a timber ledged and sheeted external door. The adjoining annex has a timber sheeted door and a timber window made up of two vertical panes. The left-hand gable is pierced by an entrance containing a flush door. The rear of the house is lighted by four smaller windows. Starting from the south-east corner there is a vertical window, partially blocked, then a small plain square opening, followed by a window comprising two horizontal panes. Between this and the end window, of the top-hung variety, there occurs a boiler house projection under an extension of the main roof and with a timber sheeted door.