Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB06/05/013 C

Address :
Farm buildings at Red Hall Ballycarry Larne Co Antrim

Townland:
Redhall

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Survey 2:
B1

Date of Listing:
19/12/2001 00:00:00

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Farm Buildings

Former Use
Farm Buildings

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
Yes

Derelict:
Partially

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OS Map No:
84/10

IG Ref:
J4503 9505

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

A group of farm buildings comprising three conjoined yards facing south, along with a detached house and detached store which face north toward the yards. Yard to west comprises two-storey buildings designed in a classical style and laid out with formally treated courtyard elevations of some distinction but in poor condition, arranged around three sides of a rectangular court, entered through a tall screen wall, now missing gates. Front screen wall built of coursed greystone, squared. Top of pier to left damaged; top of pier to right displaced. Buildings are of basalt with sandstone dressings. Stonework shows different masonry pattern. Windows have either lost all glazing or most of it. Windows to first floor are semi-circular lunettes with keystones; windows to ground floor are semi-circular arched with keystones and block surrounds; doorways are rectangular with block surrounds and flat arches. Ledged timber doors. Roofs of Bangor Blue slates in regular courses; terracotta ridge tiles; wing to west partly roofless. Open timberwork bellcote surmounts the east wing. Three large coach doorways, segmental arched with block surrounds. Projecting from the east wing into the court is a tall lean-to open shelter constructed of steelwork with corrugated iron roof. Extending to east of entrance screen to west yard is two-storey end wall of east wing running into wall of block facing into middle yard: segmental arched heads to first floor, flat arched heads to ground floor where windows are blocked with stone. Middle yard is entered by an arched screen wall with blind segmental arched windows and a large segmental arched gateway: all in basalt; gates modern timber slatted; coping of screen wall ramps up to form shaped parapet over gateway with ball finial and inset datestone inscribed with initials JM for John McAuley, and date 1869. Western wing of middle yard is two-storey, of rubble, with notched brick cornice to part of it. Openings segmental arched, neatly squared to southern portion but rough basalt to rest. North end enclosed by a single-storey lean-to roofed with asbestos tiles, set against a screen wall of rubble containing a segmental archway to wall of garden beyond. Eastern wing of middle yard is two-storey, of rubble with red brick dressings to most openings, and notched brick cornice; slated roof. Extending to right of archway to middle yard is the two-storey wall of the wing common with the east yard; contains blind segmental window and a flat-arched doorway. Extending to right of that is a low wall of rubble bounding the east yard with a pair of square piers with ball finials in centre; boundary wall ruinous to eastern end. East yard has two-storey wing on basement storey, to east, and a single-storey wing to north. Eastern wing hipped and slated with roof in poor condition; walls of rubble basalt, incorporating areas of white limestone, with red brick segmental arches to openings. North wing has lean-to roof of Bangor Blue slates in regular courses, in poor condition, against screen wall of walled garden; wide segmental arched openings to front wall of rubble basalt with notched brick cornice. Surface of east yard is cobbled in rough fashion. Walled garden to north of the three yards and extending for their whole length: rubble stone wall, contains yellow brick segmental arched doorway on west side, with yellow brick pilastered surround elaborated with notched brickwork, now closed by concrete blockwork; rectangular timber ledged door in red brick jambs at north-east corner; garden itself overgrown with trees and shrubs. Two-storey detached house to south of farmyards, facing across laneway to east yard: an asymmetrical composition in a free style; red brick to ground floor with render above; windows mainly sliding sash, 1 over 1, with horns; but of no special interest or quality. To west of house is a single-storey rubble stone store with corrugated asbestos roof. Setting: the farm buildings stand a short distance to the north of Red Hall in the heart of an extensive country house estate, with mature trees in close proximity to the buildings.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

Built in connection with Red Hall, in a series of phases, starting at the west and moving eastwards. Precise dates for various parts are not known except for one element. Rear portion of west yard appears on OS map of 1831 as a shallow U-shape; front portion of wings added by 1858 map, along with front portion of middle yard, east wing of middle yard, and rear block of east yard. Archway over entrance to second yard is dated 1869 and inscribed with initials of John McAuley. An east wing appeared on the east yard by OS map of 1902; it was still there on map of 1921 but had disappeared by map of 1970. The two-storey red brick house facing the yards, to the south and the single-storey stone store alongside it appear on the OS map of 1921. The farm buildings stand in the area of a scheduled monument, no. ANT47:4 and are traditionally believed to occupy the site of an ancient church of Irne, or Irewe, and its cemetery. References - Primary Sources 1. OS Map 1831, Co Antrim 47. 2. OS Map 1858, Co Antrim 47. 3. OS Map 1921, Co Antrim 47. Secondary Sources 1. W. Reeves, Ecclesiastical antiquities of Down, Connor and Dromore (Dublin, 1847), pp 56-57. 2. J. O’Laverty, A Historical Account of the Diocese of Down and Connor, Vol 3 (Dublin, 1884), p 120.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

A. Style B. Proportion C. Ornamentation D. Plan Form H-. Alterations detracting from building J. Setting K. Group value

Historic Interest

X. Local Interest

Evaluation

This is an interesting range of buildings which forms an integral part of an important estate, and still retains elements of architectural distinction. Its quality and value have been diminished by dereliction.

General Comments

Date of Survey

12 August 1998