West gate lodge, 19 Demesne Road, Seaforde Demesne, near Seaforde, Downpatrick, Co Down, BT30 8PF

Small, picturesque single storey gate lodge of c.1860s with oversailing hipped roof and hood mouldings to front. The building is set at the western entrance to Seaforde Demesne, to the E side of Demesne Road, roughly a mile NW of Seaforde, c.6 miles W of Downpatrick. The design may be based on the work of English architect Peter Frederick Robinson (1776-1858), who had been employed by the Forde family in the 1820s and 30s. The front façade faces N and is symmetrical. To the centre is a timber sheeted door, with hood moulding above. To the left of this is a relatively large three light casement window, with three panes to each light. Above the window is a simple label moulding. There is a similar window to the right of the door. To the E façade there is a window as front, with another to the W façade. To the rear there is a yard enclosed by a high wall (with timber sheeted door to S). Because of this wall the writers could not see the rear façade. The front, E and W facades are all finished in unpainted lined render. The hipped roof is slated and has a large overhang with exposed rafter ends. Central rendered chimney stack. PVC rw goods.