Principal Range, Ballinshoe Farmsteading

1776 with early 19th century additions. 2-storey long rectangular steading range with some single storey additions; to left and centre, 18th century 10-bay block, including 5-bay cart shed section, dated 1776; adjoining to right, 7-bay (4-bay to 1st floor) 19th century domestic extension of with single storey addition to outer right. Squared coursed stugged rubble to 18th century sections; snecked squared stugged rubble to 19th century extension; to rear and side elevations, mostly random rubble; rendered section to left of rear elevation.

SE (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: to left, 5-bay section; timber-boarded door to outer left bay; timber and glazed door to 4th bay from left; to remainder of bays, concrete framed windows in altered or non-original openings; blind 1st floor. To 5-bay central section: ground floor segmentally-arched cart openings, central arch with projecting keystone dated '1776'; 4 openings with recessed surrounds to 1st floor. To right: ground floor opening enclosing stone stairs (see Notes); centre, 2 timber doors with letterbox fanlights, each door flanked by single windows to left and right; far right, single storey lean-to extension with single window in altered opening; 4 windows to 1st floor.

NW (REAR) ELEVATION: to outer left, blind elevation of single storey lean to; to left of range, 2 single storey lean-to extensions (harled masonry to left; timber and corrugated iron with dormer-headed window breaking eaves to right); to central section of range, ground floor 4 slit windows (deeply splayed reveals to interior) with doorway to right, 1st floor 2 small timber-boarded openings; between central and right sections of range, projecting wing; to right section of range, single opening to 1st floor.

SW (SIDE) ELEVATION: single opening to ground and 1st floor; 20th century lean-to structure adjoining gable.

NE (SIDE) ELEVATION: blind elevation; single storey lean-to to ground floor.

GLAZING etc: to principal elevation, lying pane timber casement windows to left of range; 4-pane timber sash and case windows to right of range. Pitched roof; stone skews and apex block to SW gable; to principal elevation and lean-to to NE gable, stone slates; concrete slates to rear slope. Corniced gable head stack to NE gable; corniced ridge stack to 19th century section of range; circular cans.