Cumran House, 231 Newcastle Road, Cumran, near Clough, Downpatrick, Co Down, BT30 8SQ

Substantial two storey residence of 1840, with Regency style overhanging hipped roof. To the rear there large but sympathetic single storey extensions largely added in 1988. The house is located at the end of a long winding drive to the W of Newcastle Road, less than a mile NW of the small village of Clough, 5.5 miles SW of Downpatrick The S front is symmetrical with a centred front panelled door with four pane sidelights and spiders web segmental fanlight. To either side is a single sash windows with Georgian panes (6/6) To first floor are three evenly spaced sash windows, as before but shorter (3/6). The W elevation has two window openings to the ground floor. That to the right has been bricked up while that to the left is as front ground floor. To the first floor there are also two window openings and again that to the right is blocked while that to the left is as first floor front. To the far left is a recently constructed gabled projection, which used to be a small dairy. The gable half overlaps the N elevation. The S face of this extension has two windows to the ground floor each with four fixed panes. Set at a higher level to the right side is a similar but narrower window. The E elevation of the original house is similar to that to the W except that only the top right window has been blocked. To the far right is a long single storey, hipped roof extension (c.1988), which also half overlaps the N elevation. To its S face this has a 14 pane French door with a geometric fanlight over. To the W are three evenly spaced windows each with fixed 15 pane windows. The rear elevation has much changed in recent years with the addition of the extensions. To the centre is a wide single storey flat roofed extension while to E and W the projecting extensions (noted above) now create a courtyard effect. To the centre of the flat roofed portion is a six-panel door with moulded surround. To either side of this is a 9 pane fixed frame window. The E face of large W extension has two roundels each with (12) Georgian-like panes. The NW corner of this extension is radiused. The N face is blank. The E face of the W extension has one four pane fixed window. The N face is gabled (with an asymmetric gable) and has one central sash window (6/6) set at a high level. The original building has a hipped slated roof with a large overhang and curved plaster soffit. To the ridge are two plastered chimney stacks. The main roof and those of the E and W extensions are covered with natural blue / grey slate. Cast iron rw goods. Rw pipes have swan necks.