Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB20/09/018

Address :
Holywell House Holywell Hospital 60 Steeple Road Antrim Co Antrim BT41 2RJ

Townland:
Holy Well

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Hospital Building

Former Use
House

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
96/10

IG Ref:
J1563 8868

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Owner Category

Health Board

Exterior Description And Setting

A 2-storey red brick late Victorian house of asymmetrical layout designed in a plain Queen Anne style. Hipped roofs of green slates with serrated terracotta ridge tiles; terracotta finials; panelled chimneys. Elliptically arched window openings containing modern rectangular PVC fixed lights and top-hung vents, replacements for original timber sashed windows. Moulded cast iron gutters with rectangular cast iron downpipes. Main entrance is in a gabled porch on the west side; looks like original entrance area has been altered, with removal of a previous porch or conservatory and patching of brickwork walling, with addition of a modern concrete ramp to the front door. Projecting moulded brick stringcourse at ground floor cill level now cut short to each side of entrance area. SETTING: The building stands on its own within the grounds of a large hospital separated from the main complex by a tarmac road. It is approached by a tarmac driveway and is surrounded by lawns with mature shrubs and trees.

Architects

Lanyon, John

Historical Information

Designed by the architect John Lanyon as a residence for the Medical Superintendent of the County Antrim Lunatic Asylum at Holywell which was built in 1894-9; ceased to be used as a residence for the medical superintendent in 1967 and became a Nurses Training School; now used as offices. References – Primary Sources 1. Photographs in possession of Holywell Hospital. 2. OS Map 1902, Co Antrim 50. Secondary Sources 1. M. Mulholland, To Comfort Always: A History of Holywell Hospital 1898-1998 (Ballymena, 1998).

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

This is a late 19th century building by a prominent Irish architect designed in association with a large hospital complex of some architectural interest, but it does not form part of the overall architectural composition of the main complex and has lost a number of its original features.

General Comments

Date of Survey

30 October 1999