Mealmore Lodge, 52 Trassey Road, Clonachullion, (south-west of Bryansford), Newcastle, Co Down, BT33 0QB

Mealmore Lodge is a relatively small, two-storey vernacular farmhouse of approximately 1838-39, located on the south side of Trassey Road, 5.5 miles west of Newcastle and 3.5 miles southwest of Bryansford. The building is flanked by single-storey and one-and-a-half-storey outbuildings, some of which have been converted to living accommodation.

The main house faces roughly north with a gabled entrance porch positioned left of centre. The front façade is harled and whitewashed. The ground floor features a small gabled porch with a timber-sheeted door, flanked by three small sash windows with vertical glazing bars in a 2-over-2 configuration and painted-on stone dressings. The first floor contains four similar but smaller windows aligned with the ground floor openings. The rear façade has a small window to the ground floor right, matching the front windows but without dressings, and another window with a modern two-pane frame to its right.

The building is roofed in natural slate with rendered parapets to the main roof and two rendered chimney stacks positioned at the gables. PVC rainwater goods are fitted.

To the east gable is a small single-storey shed or outbuilding with a corrugated asbestos-covered mono-pitched roof, timber-sheeted door, and metal-framed window. To the west gable is a larger single-storey gabled section that has been converted to a garage with a modern garage door. This is abutted at right angles by another single-storey outbuilding with two timber-sheeted doors to its east façade, accompanying small windows, a natural slated gabled roof, and whitewashed façade.

To the east side of the former farmyard stands a large one-and-a-half-storey former outbuilding, now appearing to be converted to living accommodation and possibly a store room. This has a natural slated gabled roof with chimney stack, is rough cast rendered and whitewashed, and features two small four-pane windows to its west façade, a tiny window high in the north gable, and an entrance door to the east.

The building is believed to have been constructed between 1838 and 1839 by the McSpedden family. Thomas McSpedden is listed as the owner in the second valuation of 1863, when the building held a rateable value of £1-15-0. The property is believed to have remained with the McSpeddens until approximately 1980. The outbuildings to the west side appear to be original to the complex, while those to the east side, including the large former outbuilding, were added sometime after 1859, possibly in the early 20th century. The building is currently used as an outdoor pursuits centre.