Allan Lodge, 188 Newcastle Road, Seaforde, Naghan, Downpatrick, BT30 8NZ

Compact two storey late Georgian style hipped roof house of the mid 1800s (perhaps post 1860), with tidy ‘doll’s house’ appearance and idyllic leafy setting. The property is situated back from the roadside to the E of the Newcastle Road in the centre of Seaforde, with a relatively large garden to the front and high walls extending from the N and S sides of the house, enclosing the rear yard and garden. The asymmetrical front façade has a central four panel door with semicircular ‘spoke’ fanlight. To the left of the doorway is a sash window with Georgian panes (6/6). There is another identical window to the right and three more to the first floor. The front façade is rendered, but largely covered in thick ivy growth. Both the N and S facades are rendered and partly covered in ivy growth also, but both are without openings. To the centre of the rear elevation is a two storey projecting section with a gabled roof. This section is of recent construction and replaced a smaller projection. To the S face of the projection there is a modern window to the ground floor. To the first floor is another modern window, made to resemble the sash windows to front. To the N face of the projection there is partly glazed door to the ground floor. There is a small four pane window to the first floor of the E face of the projection. To the rear façade of the main house left of the projection there are two windows to the ground floor and one to the first floor, all with modern frames made to resemble those to front. To the right of the projection is a window to the ground floor as left, with a sash window to the first floor, as front. The rear façade and the projection are both finished in lined render. The roof is hipped and covered in natural slate. The present roof is a replacement dating from c.1990. Two central rendered chimney stacks with modern pots. Metal rw goods. The high walls to N and S are both rubble-built. The wall to the S has a gateway with rounded rubble gate piers with ‘cone’ caps. This gateway looks as though it was widened in recent times as the pier to the N looks to have been rebuilt.