Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB01/01/015

Address :
Crockahilly Road Dreen, Park, Co Londonderry BT47 4DL

Townland:
Dreen

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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:
No

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OS Map No:
62/11

IG Ref:
C6038 0084

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

Former thatched house completely altered, part demolished. Extension erected to form a T-plan arrangement with new porch erected in angle. Thatched roof replaced with asbestos slates. Windows timber top hung opening out and new panelled door. Little of a discernibly historical character remains. Its location, hidden behind trees with a sinking path approch road relative to the adjacent fields, is the only discernable character of the vernacular retained.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

Not recorded on the Ordnance Survey Map of 1831. Recorded briefly in HB records of 1970 as a ' harled and whitened thatched cottage with 2 chimneys. The entrance is flanked on one side by a sashed window and on the other by a modern window. Ther is a modern extension to the rear. Whitened stone outbuildings with corrugated iron roof.' Reference - Primary 1. OS Map 1st Edition 1831, Co Londonderry sheet 29 2. OS Map 2nd Edition 1848, Co Londonderry sheet 29 3. OS Map 1905 Revision , Co Londonderry sheet 29

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Completely altered former thatched house.

General Comments

Date of Survey

20 August 1997