Clogher House, Old Course Road, Clogher, Downpatrick, Co Down, BT30 8[?AQ]

Substantial, relatively plain two storey farmhouse of pre 1834 origin, but which was raised to its present height at some point after this, perhaps c.1870s-80s or later. The property is set on the E side of Old Course Road, less than a mile S of Downpatrick. The symmetrical front façade faces roughly W. To the centre of the ground floor there is a large, relatively recent, gabled porch / conservatory. Within this there is the original elliptical headed doorway with glazed double doors, sidelights and an elliptical fanlight with decorative radial / spider-web tracery. To the left of the porch are two windows with modern frames. To the right of the porch are two similar windows. To the first floor are six much smaller evenly spaced windows with similar frames. All the front façade windows have simple ‘baroque’ moulding underneath their sills (probably added in the early 1900s). To the ground floor of the N gable there is a window with modern frame. The S gable is blank. The rear elevation is in two sections with a third of the elevation to the right recessed. To the left on the ground floor there is a sash window with Georgian panes (6/6). To the left of this there is a large lean-to extension which stretches across much of the ground floor of the elevation and has modern windows and a modern glazed door. To the first floor (on main building) there are four small sash windows. The first three of these windows (from left) are plain, the 4th has margin panes and the 5th (which is to the recessed portion of the elevation and is slightly larger) is 2/2. Almost all of the façade is finished in lined render and painted. The main roof is slated and has four evenly spaced yellow brick chimney stacks. The roof of the lean-to has an artificial covering with a Velux window. The rw goods appear to be a mixture of metal and PVC.