Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB12/01/030 A

Address :
Summerhill House Summerhill Newtownbutler Co Fermanagh BT92 6LZ

Townland:
Summerhill

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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:
262/2

IG Ref:
H4889 2845

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

A symmetrical two storey / three bay house with bowed central bay aligned NW-SE at the E side of Summerhill Townland. Pitched artificial slate roof with central-valley. There is a large cement-rendered chimney to each gable. Ogee metal rainwater goods. Walls are wet-dashed over a cement-rendered base course with stepped quoins. All dressings are painted cement-rendered. Windows are uPVC top-hung casements with concrete cills (unless otherwise stated). All are 1/1 except those to façade. Principal elevation faces SW. Central bay is bowed and has entrance to front. It consists of a modern double-leaf three panelled timber door with semi-circular transom over, all set in a large pole-moulded stepped reveal with hood-mould and accessed by one bowed stone step. To either side of the door, facing E and S respectively, is a semi-circular headed 1/1 sliding sash window with horns set in a pole-moulded reveal. Left and right bays each have a large 4x2 window. Aligned above ground floor openings are three 3x2 windows That to centre is bowed and all have lugged reveals. Left gable has a window to first floor left and a small square opening to apex. Rear elevation is completely abutted by a two storey return, detailed as house with a double-pile profile. Each pitch has a chimney (detailed as before) to exposed gable. NE elevation of return is abutted to left by a lower extension (see later). The exposed section has three equally spaced windows to each floor. Left (SE) cheek has a window to ground floor, set to right of centre, and a window to either side at first floor. Right (NW) cheek has a window set to right, slightly below first floor level. The extension is detailed as house with a pitched artificial slate roof. NE face has a window to each floor set to right. Right and left cheeks are blank. Right gable is abutted to ground floor right by a later entrance porch. The exposed section has a window to first floor right. Porch is detailed as main block with a hipped artificial slate roof. SE face has a central window. Right cheek has a modern timber door. Left cheek is blank. Setting: Well-concealed by extensive heavily wooded grounds, the house is fronted a semi-circular asphalt forecourt enclosed by a moulded stone balustrade with ball-topped finials. To centre three stone steps (with similarly detailed balusters) lead down to a large sloping lawn which is circumvented by a sweeping driveway. To rear of the house is a farmyard, which in addition to several modern farm structures, contains an interesting original outbuilding (HB12/01/030B). The group is accessed from the road by a driveway with a one-and-a-half storey lodge placed just inside the boundary wall. The lodge is largely ruinous, consists of two bays and is hearth-lobby in plan. Walls are harled, windows are margin paned 1/1 sliding sash windows, doors are t+g sheeted.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

Cited on the 1834 OS 6” map as ‘Summer Hill’. Occupied in 1839 by Rev John Richardson (from the Early of Erne). Dimensions as given in the valuation book of this date are 45ft x 28ft x 21ft, with a return measuring 43ft6in x 19ft x 22ft6in. Probably of late 18th or early 19th century date. Primary sources: 1. OS map, 1st edition, 1834, Co Fermanagh sheet 40. 2. First valuation book, 1839 (PRONI VAL 1B/46, p.397).

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

An early 19thC house, which although various inappropriate external alterations have been carried out, is of elegant proportions and exhibits some internal features. Of some interest are the bowed internal wall and doors, as well as an example of turf-constructed walls. It occupies a well-concealed site

General Comments

This record was previously numbered HB12/01/030.

Date of Survey

16 October 2000