Ballyrankin House

Detached three-bay single-storey farmhouse with half-dormer attic, extant 1839, on a cruciform plan centred on single-bay full-height gabled breakfront; single-bay (four-bay deep) full-height return (south). Vacant, 1901; 1911. Sold, 1922. Reroofed, 1987. Replacement pitched artificial slate roof on a T-shaped plan centred on pitched (gabled) artificial slate roof (breakfront); replacement pitched artificial slate roof (south), clay ridge tiles, paired rendered red brick Running bond central chimney stacks having stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta octagonal pots, decorative timber bargeboards to gables on timber purlins, and uPVC rainwater goods on slightly overhanging rendered eaves. Rendered walls on rendered plinth; limewashed lime rendered or roughcast surface finish (south). Square-headed central door opening with timber surround framing replacement glazed timber double doors. Square-headed window openings in bipartite arrangement with cut-granite sills, timber mullions, and rendered "bas-relief" surrounds framing six-over-six (ground floor) or three-over-three (half-dormer attic) timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (south) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six (ground floor) or three-over-three (half-dormer attic) timber sash windows without horns having part exposed sash boxes. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors; reception room (east) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters, chimneypiece, and picture railing below moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling centred on "Acanthus" ceiling rose; reception room (west) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with carved timber surround to window opening framing timber panelled shutters, 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. Set in landscaped grounds with benchmark-inscribed cut-granite monolithic piers to perimeter supporting wrought iron double gates.