rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house, BALLYRUDDELLY, LISMINTAN · NIAH 40849003

Detached three-bay two-storey former Church of Ireland rectory on irregular-plan, dated 1905, having advanced two-storey gable fronted projection to the west end of the main elevation (south), two-storey canted bay window with hipped natural slate roof to the east end of the main elevation, and with central projecting single-bay single-storey gable-fronted entrance porch. Two-storey canted bay window to the west side elevation. Two-storey returns and modern single- and two-storey extensions to the rear (north). Now in use as a private dwelling. Pitched natural slate roofs having red clay roll ridge tiles, red clay finials to gable ends, overhanging eaves with paired moulded timber brackets, rendered chimneystacks with banded render detailing, and decorative pierced timber bargeboards to gable ends and to front porch. Some remaining cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls to main body of building and projecting bay to the west having projecting chamfered smooth rendered plinth, and with rendered block-and-start quoins to the corners. Smooth rendered walls to canted bay openings to the east end of the main elevation and to the west side elevation. Moulded render stringcourse at first floor level to front and side elevations. Cut stone date plaque to the gable apex of projection to the west end of front elevation dated ‘1905’. Segmental-headed window openings to main (south) and to east sides, paired to the gabled projection to the west side of the main elevation, having stone sills, moulded render architrave surrounds, and replacement windows. Square-headed window openings to north elevation having stone sills, flush render surrounds, and replacement windows. Round-headed entrance door opening to central porch, having timber double-doors with raised and fielded panels, replacement leaded overlight, and with fluted cement render surround having corbels over with foliate decoration and with moulded architraved surround to overlight. Set back from road in extension mature grounds to the north-west of Ballintra town centre. Associated Church of Ireland church (see 40849004) located a short distance to the south-west. Main gateway to the south/south-east comprising a pair of ashlar gate piers (on square-plan) having capstones over, and with modern metal gates. Gateway flanked to either side by curved/quadrant sections of squared rubble stone walling and terminated by ashlar gate piers (on square-plan). Pedestrian gateway to the south-west having metal gate. Coloured concrete pavement driveway to south/ south-east leading to house from main entrance, landscaped lawned grass garden to south; concrete pavement to north enclosed by roughcast rendered boundary walls with rendered flat coping, modern flat roof roughcast rendered garage to north.