Lake House, 7 Drumcullan Road, Downpatrick, County Down, BT30 8JE

A one-and-a-half storey long three bay house, built c. 1830, remodeled c.1890. Located adjacent to Ballydugan Lake, Drumcullan Road, south of Downpatrick. Long rectangular front block with perpendicular two storey return set at a lower level to rear (same ridge height). Roof is pitched natural slate with angled ridge tiles; rendered chimneystacks to main and rear block. Half round cast iron rainwater goods to eaves corbel, broken by two wall-head dormers with slate-hung sides. Walling is ruled and lined cement rendered throughout, with quoins to front block. Variety of timber sliding sashes throughout; generally 6/6 unless otherwise stated, all with painted masonry cills and plain reveals. Principal elevation faces west, and is eight openings wide with replacement timber entrance door to left of centre having replacement overlight. Two 1/1 dormers. North gable has two attic windows, each 2/2 (horizontally divided). Rear elevation is abutted by the two-storey rear block. It faces north and has a window to each floor at either side of a central replacement timber door. Thin slate cills to upper floor windows. The gable is built into a bank and openings are blocked with concrete block. South elevation has two attic windows, each 2/2 (vertically divided). The building has a small garden to front, bounded to the road by a rendered boundary wall with a timber gate at either end. Sloped garden rising via stone steps to wooded ground at north. There is a larger garden at the opposite side of the road, well maintained and bounded by Ballydugan Lake to west. Fine views over the lake and the Mourne Mountains to west. Roof: Natural slate Walling: Cement render Windows: Timber sash RWG: Cast iron