Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB02/09/033

Address :
Former Thatched House Duncrun Road Lower Ballyleighery Limavady Co Londonderry

Townland:
Lower Ballyleighery

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Demolished

Former Use
Thatched house

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
Yes

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
Demolished

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OS Map No:
11/14

IG Ref:
C6950 3240

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

Former thatched house, large three bay direct entry, similar to HB02/09/046 next door. Now demolished and replaced by new two storey harled and whitened house. This has raised gables and a lean-to front conservatory detailed to recall the form of the original. The attempt is only partly successfull. Original surrounding farmyard has been removed.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

Date stone discovered upon demolition with the message “DB 1790”. Brewster is the name of the family next door and Daniel Brewster was an ancestor around the 1790s. Though the Caldwells and Brewsters intermarried over the generations family memory would associate DB with the cottage next door (HB02/09/046). This cottage, ruinous for a number of years was recently demolished to make way for the present house. Reference: Mr W H A Brewster Neighbour

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Interesting large thatched cottage now gone.

General Comments

Date of Survey

22 September 1997