Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB02/01/003

Address :
293 Clooney Road Ballykelly Limavady Co Londonderry BT49 9JE

Townland:
Coolagh

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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:
No

Thatched:
Yes

Monument:
No

Derelict:
Demolished

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OS Map No:
28/6

IG Ref:
C5873 2162

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

Modern bungalow on the site of a thatched cottage recorded as a supplementary listing in September 1970.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

Recorded in 1970 as: “c1840. A thatched cottage with whitened stone walls, the front elevation is harled. There are two sheeted doors and three d/h windows on the front elevation. One window has full g.b., other a three pane sash, and the remaining window has sashes divided into two panes vertically. The chimneys are of brick work. The roof is in poor condition at ridge level”. Present occupants father lived in the cottage in 1970. He now lives in No. 295 Clooney Road (HB02/01/009). The building was demolished in 1981 when the occupants of the present bungalow were married. Occupants told us that the cottage was traditionally owned by the neighbouring farm No. 295. House first indicated on the 1855 Ordnance Survey map. Refrences: Historic Buildings Records Occupant

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Once a picturesque building along the side of the main Derry to Limavady Road. Now demolished and replaced.

General Comments

Date of Survey

21 July 1998