Ballynahinch gate lodge, 64 Tannaghmore Road, Seaforde Demesne, near Seaforde, Ballynahinch, Co Down, BT24 8NU

Small, single storey classical gate lodge of c.1830 by John Lynn in sandstone, with hipped roof, Ionic portico and arch headed windows. To the rear the original return has been extended to N and W in lean-to fashion. The lodge is set at the ‘Ballynahinch’ gateway to Seaforde Demesne, on the S side of Tannaghmore Road, c.1.5 miles N of Seaforde, 5 miles SW of Ballynahinch. The symmetrical front façade faces roughly E. To the centre (set within the portico) is a panelled timber door with semicircular ‘spoked’ fanlight. The flat roofed portico itself has double Ionic columns which support and entablature, cornice and blocking course. To either side of the doorway is a semicircular headed sash window with Georgian panes (6/6). Both windows are set in semicircular headed recesses. To the façade edges are panelled pilasters. The façade is topped with a cornice with plain blocking course / parapet above. To the left side of the S elevation is the S façade of the return, which has a small sash window with Georgian panes (6/6). Because of the addition of a lean-to to the W end of the return this façade is now longer. To the right of the elevation is the S façade of the main front portion of the building. Here there is a semicircular headed window, as front but fixed light (and not set within a recess. This section of the elevation has edge pilasters, with that to the right is similar to those to front and that to the left plain. Between these pilasters the main section of the façade is relatively deeply recessed. To the left on the N elevation is the N façade of the main front portion of the house. This has a window, recess and edge pilasters, all as front. To the right of this is the N façade of the return, which has been extended northwards so that it is now flush with the N façade of the front portion. To this side the return has a partly glazed door and a sash window with Georgian panes (3/6). To the W façade of the return, (which is actually the façade of the rear lean-to extension), there are two small windows with modern frames. The main front portion of the building is in ashlar sandstone, the return is in lined render. The roof is hipped and slated and has a central sandstone chimney to main front section. The return has PVC rw goods. Small single storey outbuilding to rear in rubble