- Building type: Country House
- Date of construction: 1775-84
- Architect: Michael Shanahan
- Listing: B+
- HB/SMR Ref: HB03/12/015
- 2nd Survey by EHS: No
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Downhill Palace, Downhill
County Londonderry
Ruins of a large country house. Main front has a central 3 bay section and a 3 bay canted section either side. Central square-topped doorway with scroll brackets, large rectangular window recesses, slightly smaller on first floor. Shallow Greek pilasters interspersed with windows, crocket half-capitals. Vast fortified basalt outbuildings attach to the North side of the palace (listed separately)
| Stone Type Category: | Buff-Pink Sandstone |
| Primary Stone Type: | Barony Glen Sandstone (Dungiven) |
| Secondary Stone Type: | Ballycastle Sandstone |
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| Stonework Construction: | Coursed plain ashlar |
| Stonework Condition: | Sandstone blockwork is in reasonable condition but with some evidence of block deterioration and surface loss through bedding-plane erosion and granular disintegration. |
| Condition Assessment (QUB): | 2 |
