Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB01/01/008

Address :
House off Magherabrack Road Moneyhogan Park, Co Londonderry

Townland:
Moneyhogan

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
House

Former Use
Thatched House

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
Yes

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
Yes

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OS Map No:
62/7

IG Ref:
C6163 0275

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

Two unit, direct entry, gable hearth, bed outshot, single storey cottage with outhouse in line at either end and roofed with corrugated metal. Thatch to dwelling collapsed including supporting roof members. Sliding sash windows and sheeted door. Glazing missing. Fireplace adapted for range. The whole including details is ruinous.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

Indicated on Ordnance Survey Map of 1831. Former occupant emigrated to Unites States and one of her family, a son, became bishop of Wilmington, Delaware and visited the cottage in 1965 on his way back from Vatican Council II. Photograph of event published in Derry Journal. Described in 1972 as 'a harled and whitened thatched cottage with two chimney's. The sheeted door is flanked either side by sashed windows with vertical divisions. Buildings extend either side with corrugated iron roofs.' References: Primary Sources: OS Map 1831 Co Londonderry 29 Derry Journal July 1965. Secondary Sources Family of former occupants.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Ruinous former thatched single storey dwelling.

General Comments

Date of Survey

18 August 1997