Ballyduff House

Detached five-bay (two-bay deep) two-storey country house, built 1760, on a rectangular plan; six-bay two-storey rear (east) elevation. Leased, 1783; 1810. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Hipped slate roof with pressed or rolled lead ridges, paired rendered central chimney stacks on axis with ridge having cut-limestone shallow stringcourses below capping, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on slightly overhanging exposed timber rafters retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Part creeper- or ivy-covered fine roughcast walls on rendered plinth with rendered "bas-relief" strips to corners supporting rendered band to eaves. Segmental-headed central door opening with cut-limestone threshold supporting wrought iron bootscrapers, and cut-limestone surround with pilasters on padstones supporting archivolt framing glazed double doors having fanlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-nine (ground floor) or six-over-six (first floor) timber sash windows without horns. Square-headed window openings in tripartite arrangement to side (north) elevation with square-headed window openings (first floor), cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-nine timber sash windows without horns having two-over-three sidelights (ground floor) or six-over-six timber sash windows without horns (first floor). Square-headed window openings to rear (east) elevation with cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-nine (ground floor) or six-over-six (first floor) timber sash windows without horns. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, and moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling; library (north-west) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, Classical-style chimneypiece, and moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling; drawing room (north-east) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, Classical-style chimneypiece, and decorative plasterwork cornice to ceiling; dining room (south-east) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, chimneypiece, and picture railing below moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers. Set in landscaped grounds.