72 Drumlough Road, Drumgath, Rathfriland, Co. Down, BT34 4DP

This is a single-storey, three-bay direct entry house, likely dating from between 1820 and 1839. It is located on the roadside, facing north-west, on Drumlough Road, approximately one and a half miles from Rathfriland, County Down. The building has a store extending to the north-east, followed by a small lean-to structure.

The building is constructed of whitened roughcast stone with a slightly projecting base on the two right-hand (south-west) sections and on the porch. The roof is covered with corrugated iron in two levels. The corrugated iron covering the two south-west bays terminates with concrete skew details, while the third bay (north-east) is at a lower level and its roof abuts against the right-hand section. A concrete coping indicates the junction of this part of the building with the store extending to the north-east, where a flue pipe rises above the ridge. The opposite side is finished with a large concrete coping. The lean-to store is also roofed with corrugated iron, and a corbelled, red brick, rendered chimney rises above the kitchen hearth of the main house.

The entrance is through a windbreak porch with a flush door, roofed with a concrete slab featuring a projecting cornice. To the right of the porch are two vertically sliding sash windows, divided horizontally into two with moulded sash stops. To the left is one window of a similar design. Externally, the windows are protected by plastic sheeting to resemble foursquare windows, set within plain painted surrounds with sills of traditional depths. A half door provides access to the first store, with larger planks at the lower part. The lean-to store is entered by a flush door, and there is a small, timber-framed, unglazed opening in its gable. The gables of the house and main store are blank, and there is no external rear access.

The building appears in its current form on Ordnance Survey maps from 1834 and 1860. The property includes the house and attached store. The building retains notable vernacular characteristics, including remnants of its original thatched roof concealed beneath the corrugated iron.