Drumraw House, 71 Lindesayville Road, BT80 9UH

Drumraw House is an early 19th-century rural residence of plain appearance and simple styling, notable for its visual charm which is considerably enhanced by its wooded setting and the associated outbuildings and water pump that contribute to its character.

The house appears on the Ordnance Survey map of 1833–4, though its precise construction date is uncertain. It is a two-storey, three-bay building with a central two-storey rear return, a single-storey wing to one end, and a modern conservatory to the other. The house stands on high ground above a river, set back from the public road within its own extensive grounds.

The north elevation, which faces approximately north and contains the main entrance, is symmetrical with one window to each side of the central entrance. The walling is of smooth cement render, lined and blocked, with a plain projecting eaves course. The roof is of Bangor blue slates laid in regular courses, with two chimneys on each gable, identical in finish to the main façade, each topped with two octagonal pots. Rainwater goods are of metal, comprising segmental guttering and circular downpipes. Windows throughout are rectangular timber vertically hung sliding sashes with horns: 6 over 6 to the ground floor and 6 over 3 to the first floor. The entrance is recessed within an elliptical opening and contains a rectangular timber panelled door surmounted by a segmental fanlight with radial glazing.

The east elevation comprises the east gable, finished in roughcast render over a smooth rendered plinth, with a lean-to roofed single-storey wing projecting from it. This wing has a north wall and south gable of rubble stonework. The south wall of the wing is of roughcast with a smooth rendered plinth, bounded by the rubble stonework of the east gable, and contains a modern timber door and a rectangular sashed window matching those on the main building. The wing's roofing and rainwater goods are consistent with the main house.

The south elevation features a gabled two-storey rear return projecting from the centre of the main south wall. The main south wall contains one window to each floor flanking the rear return, all coupled rectangular timber sliding sashes of 4 over 4 with horns, set in segmental arched recesses. The rear return has a blind south gable surmounted by a chimney similar to those on the north elevation. The east side of the return contains one window to each floor, rectangular timber sashed 4 over 4, with the ground floor example set in a segmental arched recess. The west side of the return contains three sashed windows, all 4 over 4 with rectangular openings, and a rectangular timber sheeted door. The walls of the south elevation are finished in roughcast.

The west elevation comprises the west gable, also roughcast, with a centrally placed modern conservatory projecting from it. The conservatory is of glazed and framed construction with a hipped roof, mounted on a smooth rendered base.

The house is approached by a driveway from a recessed entrance gateway formed by chamfered gate piers, now without gates, flanked by low screen walls. The drive is heavily wooded on one side and bordered by pasture land on the other. The setting includes steep, heavily wooded slopes to the front. To the rear stand one and two-storey outbuildings of rubble stonework with brick dressings, roofed in a mix of slate and corrugated metal. These outbuildings and the old cast iron water pump mounted on a sandstone upright behind the house contribute to the overall character and charm of the property.

The house was refurbished in 1996–7 with the addition of the rear return and conservatory. The listing extends to the house, gatescreen, outbuildings, and pump.