Lower Farm courtyard, off Demesne Road, Seaforde Demense, near Seaforde, Downpatrick, Co Down, BT30 8PF

Lower Farm courtyard is a well-proportioned and detailed large courtyard farm complex built in 1859. It possesses group value with the other buildings on the Seaforde estate. The complex is located close to the south-western boundary of the Seaforde Estate, near the Demesne Road entrance, approximately one mile northwest of the small village of Seaforde, and around five miles northeast of Castlewellan.

The front wing of the complex is a formal, rubble-built, two-story building with a hipped roof and a small, cupola-like wooden bellcote (the bell is now missing). The north façade is symmetrical, featuring a central elliptical-headed coach arch with in-and-out stone dressings, above which is a small blind oculus. A keystone above the arch bears the inscription 'A.D. 1859'. To the left and right of the arch are two sash windows (4/4 panes) on both the ground and first floors, all with in-and-out stone dressings that project 25mm from the wall face - a feature which might suggest the original intention was for the random rubble walls to be rendered. Centrally located on the east and west façades of the first floor are sheeted doors. A single-story projecting portion extends from the ground floor of the east façade and merges with a long, single-story rubble-built wing to the south. The west façade connects to a largely two-story (mainly rendered) wing which incorporates a dwelling. These wings, along with another single-story wing to the south, form the courtyard complex, which is abutted to the south by larger, more recent outbuildings. The rear (south) elevation of the main front block features a sash window (2/2 panes) directly above the elliptical-headed coach arch, and a plain sheeted door to the right, both with plain rendered dressings. The north and west facades of the block are unrendered, while the south rear façade is rendered and whitewashed. The roof is covered with natural blue/grey slate. A timber sheeted door with a plain rendered surround is located within the coach arch, on the west side.

The farmyard complex was built in 1859 by William Brownlow Forde, the owner of the Seaforde estate, and replaced a smaller farm building shown on an Ordnance Survey map of 1834. An Ordnance Survey map from around 1858 may show the present block under construction, or possibly previous buildings added to the site after 1834.