Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB02/10/014 B

Address :
Lodge Sampson’s Tower Farlow Road Farlow Limavady Co Londonderry BT49 9DR

Townland:
Farlow

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
House

Former Use
Gates/ Screens/ Lodges

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
Partially

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OS Map No:
29/1SW

IG Ref:
C6557 2337

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

A small simple rectangular redbrick 1½ storey cottage set in Farlow wood a short distance from Sampson’s Tower and on the Farlow Road side of it. Although there is no defined path leading to it from Farlow Road, a path access is shown on the O S map and a front garden is defined too. Measuring 7 metres by 4½ externally, it is constructed of handmade redbrick in flemish bond. The single door and windows are all trimmed with broad sandstone surrounds and the quoins are marked with deeply chamfered ashlar sandstone. The south front has a central doorway with window on either side and high up in each gable there is a smaller window. The building is on the way to becoming derelict.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

It may well have been the abode of a caretaker for the Sampson Tower and it’s date probably contemporary with it, c 1860.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Neat lodge or caretaker's house, small, well proportioned and originally having good materials and detailing in Neo-Georgian style. However the building is now almost derelict. Merits recording only.

General Comments

Date of Survey

27 June 1997