Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB24/16/027

Address :
41 Old Ballygowan Road, Ballymagaughey, Comber, Co. Down BT23 5NP

Townland:
Ballymagaughey

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
House

Former Use
House

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
148/14

IG Ref:
J4498 6804

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

Much extended one and a half storey house of possibly dating from c.1840, set on the NW side of the Old Ballygowan Road just over a mile S of Comber. The front (E) façade has a central ‘Ards’ doorway with plain pilasters and archivolt, surrounding a panelled and glazed door with semicircular fanlight. The door surround is covered in a ‘Tyrolean’-like render. To the left and to the right of the doorway is a window with smooth render surround. Both windows now have modern frames, made to resemble sash with Georgian panes. The S gable slopes into a lean to section at the left. To the ground floor left on this gable is a window as front. At attic level are two smaller windows with six pane frames. There is another small window at attic level on the N gable. At ground floor on this gable is a small lean to ‘coal bunker’. To the rear is a full height return with a window to the N and S faces as front façade. The gable of this return merges with a long gabled single storey extension which is modern (added c.1980). The main house and return are finished in rough cast render and painted. The front of the roof is covered in Bangor blue slates, the rear and return in asbestos free slates. Two rendered chimney stacks. Velux windows to return roof. PVC rw goods.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

A building is shown on the site of the present return/extension on the OS map of 1834. On that of 1858 a building is shown similar in shape to today. Thus the current property appears to date from the mid 19th century, perhaps (judging by the presence of an Ards doorway) c.1840s. The large extension to the rear was added c.1980. Primary sources 1 PRONI OS map 1st ed. 1834, Down 10. 2 PRONI VAL1B/316A 1st valuation Comber parish 1834. 3 ‘Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland Vol.7: Parishes of County Down II’, ed. Angelique Day and Patrick McWilliams (QUB 1991), p.37. [Description of Ballymagaughey townland.] 4 PRONI OS map 1st rev. 1858-60, Down 10. 5 PRONI 2nd valuation Comber parish c.1863. [The accompanying map appears to be missing.]

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Small single storey house (with attic) , possibly of c.1840s, with ‘Ards’ doorway. The property now has modern window frames throughout and a large extension has been added to the original rear return.

General Comments

Date of Survey

24 January 1999