11 Lough Road, Carrigans, Co.Armagh

A single-storey three-bay, direct entry vernacular dwelling house built c1850 with former single-bay, storey-and-a-half attached byre aligned to south west and two-bay single-storey shed extension aligned to north east. Located towards the end of a one km laneway to the south of Lough Road, Silverbridge. Asymmetrical principal elevation to south-east. Replacement pitched natural slate roof, black terracotta ridge tiles. Smooth rendered and painted chimneys with replacement terracotta chimney pots. Replacement uPVC rainwater goods. Painted rubblestone walling with painted plinth course. Square-headed openings, replacement uPVC windows, narrow rendered margins, painted concrete sills. Replacement composite front door. One-and-a-half storey single-bay attached former byre aligned to left with roof continuous with dwelling, now converted to living accommodation. Replacement uPVC window. Attached shed aligned to right with shallow pitched corrugated metal roof and timber sheeted door. South-west elevation is formed by gable end of byre. Timber-framed top-hung casement window at attic level. North-west, rear, elevation is blank. North-east elevation is formed by gable end of house and gable end of attached shed which abut a cutting into the slope of the adjacent hillside. Associated single-storey, single-bay outbuilding c1885 located to south-east of dwelling house. Pitched natural slate roof, no rainwater goods. Painted rubblestone walling with painted plinth course. North-west and south-east elevations having centrally positioned timber sheeted doors to square-headed openings. Other elevations blank. Setting: House and outbuilding sit at the end of a short drive, to the east of a laneway leading onto Lough Road. Dwelling is positioned on rising ground within a valley at the foot of Carrigans Hill. Wrought iron double gateway with rubblestone piers open onto driveway having rubblestone walling with soldier coping to each side. Walling forms an enclosure around the dwelling and abuts the outbuilding, with further wrought iron pedestrian gates to south-west, south-east and north-east of dwelling. Painted rubblestone retaining wall to rear of site with single flight of steps giving access to high ground to the north-east of dwelling. Boundary wall to south-east features a substantial rubblestone structure, possibly a former lime kiln. Roofing: Natural slate, corrugated tin Walling: Random Rubblestone Windows: uPVC, timber-framed fixed pane casement RWG: uPVC