Ballyward Lodge, County Down

Bence-Jones, Mark. A Guide to Irish Country Houses (originally published as Burke’s Guide to Country Houses volume 1 Ireland by Burke’s Peerage Ltd. 1978); Revised edition 1988 Constable and Company Ltd, London. 

p. 29. “(Higginson/IFR) A very attractive “gentleman’s cottage” of ca 1800 in a beautiful situation overlooking a lake; originally owned by  William Beers. Two subsequent additions; sensitively restored and much improved by present owner, W/Cmdr J.S. Higginson. Two storeys, the upper storey being partly in the attic with dormer gables; projecting single-storey porch, the same height as the rest of the front, with large, elegant fan-lighted doorway. Battlemented projection at end; the upstairs end windows, which are pointed, with Georgian-Gothic astragals, were put in recently.  
 
The library has a low ceiling, with columns which formerly graced Downhill Castle, on either side of alcove. Drawing room divided by arch, formed out of two rooms, with a simple marble chimneypiece at either end. Stairs with iron handrail leading up to large bedroom landing, with fanlighted window. 
The formal garden to the south of the house is equally impressive, with statuary and urns, laid out by present owner.”   

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