East Gate Lodge, 176 Tullybrannigan Road, Tollymore Park, Newcastle, Co Down, BT33 0PW

Simple one and a half storey, gabled, rubble-built gate lodge of 1865, with projecting stone porch and side and rear return. The lodge fronts the E entrance to Tollymore Park, at the end of a lane to the W of Tullybrannigan Road, ½ Kilometre W of Newcastle town. The front (N) façade is symmetrical. To the centre of the façade is a small gabled porch, which has a plain sheeted stable door, the upper portion of which has a small glazed panel. Directly above the door is a ‘shamrock trefoil’ recessed plaque with the inscription ‘A.D. 1865’. The trefoil is formed in brick to the upper portions and stone to the lower. The porch roof verge overhangs slightly. Either side of the door is a small window opening. Each opening is covered with timber sheeted shutter with a small shamrock motif. The E gable has one wide, ground floor window opening which is shuttered as before and one single pane window to first floor The W gable has one ground floor window (also shuttered) and one first floor window, as E gable. To the right side is a small extension, the N face of which has a plain sheeted timber door. The S façade has two shuttered windows as before to the right while to the left the small extension overlaps the main face. The S face of the extension has three modern PVC windows. The corners of the original building all have dressed quoins. The ground floor windows are dressed with brick and may have been enlarged some time ago. The gabled roof has natural slate and two small central chimney stacks to the rear, both rendered