Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB18/13/053

Address :
11 Bog Road Fofannybane near Kilcoo Hilltown Co Down BT34 5JN

Townland:
Fofannybane

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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:
254/7

IG Ref:
J2938 3215

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

Substantial two storey gabled house, with completely modern appearance, built around a vernacular dwelling of possible 1860s origin, but now bearing no resemblance to its former self. This property is set on the NW side of the Bog Road, 5 miles W of Newcastle and 1 mile SE of the small village of Kilcoo. The front NE façade has a modern timber and glazed porch, with a large modern window to either side to the ground floor and two similar to the first floor. Both the NW and SE gables have an uneven pitch and are blank. To the rear there is a large two storey lean-to projection with modern windows and door. The entire façade is finished in plain cement render. The roof is covered in artificial slate and the rw goods are PVC. Two rendered chimney pots. To all intents and purposes this house is modern, with only the thickness of a section of the ground floor walls betraying something of the building’s origins. The original house was a low, two storey vernacular dwelling with a harled façade, small lean-to porch, tiny window openings and an even pitched gabled roof. The present, however, is considerably taller, has completely modern openings and a large projection to rear. All that appears to remain of the previous dwelling is some of the material contained within the ground floor walls to the front, which, as stated above, are considerably thicker than those above and to the rear.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

This site is shown blank on the 1859 OS map. The present dwelling’s original vernacular appearance suggests it was built in the 19th century and may have dated from the 1860s. Its current modern appearance is the result of comprehensive renovation of the property in c.1980s, which in many respects amounted to an almost total rebuild.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Thoroughly modern looking two storey gabled house, built around a vernacular dwelling of possible 1860s origin, but now bearing no resemblance to its former self.

General Comments

Date of Survey