- Building type: Country House
- Date of construction: 1750
- Architect: Arthur Dobbs
- Listing: A
- HB/SMR Ref: HB22/13/001
- 2nd Survey by EHS: No
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Castle Dobbs, Dobbsland
County Antrim
Large 7 bay, 2 storey double pile house on basement with two 5 bay, 2 storey wings (without basement). Cement render, only visible stonework is at rear (basalt rubble behind render). Staircase: 2 wings leading up to first floor balcony with stone balustrade forming porch over ground floor door. Set of Ionic columns
| Stone Type Category: | Buff-Pink Sandstone |
| Primary Stone Type: | Giffnock Sandstone |
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| Stonework Construction: | Regular-coursed plain ashlar |
| Stonework Condition: | Significant soiling (from corrosion and biological greening) of sandstone detailing and evidence of surface deterioration of sandstone through granular disintegration with loss of architectural detail. |
| Condition Assessment (QUB): | 2 |
