73 Carrickgallogly Road, Whitecross, Armagh, Co. Armagh, BT60 2JS

A nineteenth-century roadside farm complex comprising a symmetrical three-bay two-storey dwelling abutted by the remains of an earlier single-storey house to east, located on south side of Carrickgallogly Road, north-west of Newry. The complex is bounded by single-storey outbuildings and limewash and rubblestone walls, all buildings are rectangular on plan and the main dwelling has a central projecting porch. The main dwelling has a pitched natural slate roof with angled ridge tiles and three cement-rendered shouldered chimneystacks with replacement terracotta pots. Rainwater goods are aluminium and uPVC. The principal elevation (north) and porch is painted ruled-and-lined render with contrasting quoins and plinth; the east and rear elevations are rough-cast lime rendered; the west gable is unpainted cement rendered. Windows are 3/3 timber sliding sashes (central panes are wider) in contrasting lugged rendered surrounds on painted concrete cills (unless otherwise stated). Square-headed door opening to porch with timber sheeted door with latticed timber-framed overlight. East gable is abutted by lower single-storey remains of earlier dwelling (see later). Rear elevation (south) has a 2/2 timber sliding sash window to first floor and two windows to ground floor covered by security grilles. West gable has a window to first floor and single-storey concrete block abutment (store) with corrugated metal roof, timber casement window to rear (south) and timber sheeted door to north. The surviving section of the original dwelling has a pitched slate roof with angled ridge tiles and redbrick and rough-cast cement rendered chimney stack to east. Rainwater goods are plastic. North elevation has layers of lime-wash over thick solid masonry walls, one half of a 6/6 sash window has been inserted into earlier timber frame with splayed reveals and stone cill; square-headed door opening with painted timber-sheeted door with stone plinth stops. East gable is lime-washed, rear elevation (south) is roughcast and has an infilled window opening with concrete cill. Outbuildings have pitched corrugated tin roofs, lime-washed rubble walls and a variety of painted timber fixed windows; doors are either painted sheeted timber or painted metal. Setting: The complex is set slightly back from the Carrickgallogly Road, with panoramic views to the north. The dwelling sits parallel to the roadside, behind a small concrete yard, bounded to the road by an alcoved lime-washed rubblestone wall with plain gate piers and hand-forged iron gates. To the rear lies a large open space with mature vegetation which gives access to a modern farmyard to the east. The outbuildings are set in a traditional 'street' layout, running parallel to the road at east. Materials: Roof: Slate Walling: Limewashed rubblestone and roughcast render Windows: Timber sliding sash / casement - all single glazed RWG: Plastic and aluminium