Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB26/17/081

Address :
Jennymount 150 Malone Road Belfast Co Antrim BT9 5LJ

Townland:
Malone Upper

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
House

Former Use
House

Conservation Area:
Yes

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
147/5

IG Ref:
J3263 7045

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

Large, two storey Domestic Revival style house of 1904 by Henry Seaver, with features typical of the genre including brick and rough cast façade, mock half-timbering Rosemary tile hipped roof, tall chimneys and an eclectic blend of projecting single and two storey bays and casement and sash windows. The property is set on the E side of Malone Road, next to the intersection of Deramore Park South. To E of the house is a group of ‘outbuildings’, one of which is now converted to a flat. N and W of the house is a large garden with a large tarmac car park to NE. The garden is surrounded by a brick wall with brick piers with ‘gabled’ caps. To the right of centre of the front W façade is a small, projecting, single storey, hipped roofed porch. The base comprises a red brick ‘stall riser’ while the upper portion is comprised of a series of timber window frames, 4 to the W face, 3 to the S face and 2 (with a central 5 panelled timber door) to the N face. Each window frame is formed with two panes, that to the bottom being taller and with plain glass and that to the top with decorative, coloured and leaded panes. To the left of the porch is a tall plain sash window with a finely moulded cement surround. The upper pane is slightly shorter than the lower. To the far left is semi circular flat roofed bay. The window frames, as before, are two paned with the lower portions taller and the upper section square. Glazing to the bay is curved to follow the shape of the bay itself. To the right of the porch is a two storey gabled bay which projects slightly. To the centre of the ground floor are a pair of sash windows, as before. To the first floor are three casement windows, as before. That to the right is centred within the projecting bay and has 4 panes. That to the far left is centred above the semicircular bay and has 6 panes. That to the centre is slightly left of centre above the porch and has 4 panes. The lower section of the façade is finished in facing brick while the upper section is finished in roughcast. The upper part of the gable to the projecting bay has mock half timbering and is surmounted by a terracotta finial. To the left side of the S façade is a semicircular bay as before. To the right of this are two sash windows, as before. Centred above the bay is a 6 pane casement window, as before. Directly above the sash windows is a single sash window. To the far right is a recessed two storey bay. To the ground floor of the bay are two sash windows with 4 panes over 1 in typical Edwardian fashion. To first floor are two paired sash windows also 4 over 1. The N façade has two sash windows to the right side, the left of which is slightly shorter. To the left of this is a large modern Victorian style conservatory. To the far left is a projecting two storey bay. To the ground floor is a sash window, as before, to the left, and a panelled and glazed door to the right. Above the door is a cantilevered, flat concrete canopy. To the first floor of the main section are three windows. That to the right is sash while those to the right are modern with top openers. Centred on the first floor of the projecting bay is a further sash window. To the far left of the N façade is a tall screen wall which links the house to a series of outbuildings. The screen may be original however the outbuildings appear to disrupt the secondary arch within the screen which suggests that, although in matching style, they post-date the main dwelling. The screen wall is in facing brick and has a large segmental elliptical arch opening with decorative wrought iron railing infill. Access to and view of the rear of the main dwelling was somewhat restricted by the screen wall. To the left of the rear façade is a two storey projecting bay. The upper section is blank while the lower section has a lean-to extension which almost abuts the outbuilding. To the centre of the façade is a recent, flat roofed, single storey porch. To the far right of the ground floor is a large modern window, while to the first floor is a sash window. The Rosemary tiled roof is hipped, steeply pitched in parts and has exposed rafter ends. The roof of the porch is similar. There are five tall brick chimney stacks, each with corbelled brick courses. Cast iron rw goods.

Architects

Seaver, Henry

Historical Information

This house was designed in 1904 (and presumably built soon after) by Henry Seaver for Mrs Thompson. The building undoubtedly takes its name from the original ‘Jennymount’ a large mansion of c.1790s, built to the north of Belfast by Robert Thomson [?presumably a relative of the aforesaid Mrs Thompson]. References- Secondary sources 1 Paul Larmour ‘The architectural heritage of Malone and Stranmillis’ (Belfast UAHS 1991), p.127

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Large, two storey Domestic Revival style house of 1904 by Henry Seaver, with features typical of the genre including brick and rough cast façade, mock half-timbering, rosemary tile hipped roof, tall chimneys and an eclectic blend of projecting single and two storey bays and casement and sash windows. Whilst a good enough example of its type it is not considered sufficiently rare or special to merit listing.

General Comments

Date of Survey

16 August 2000