Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB12/02/080

Address :
Carra House Carra Newtownbutler Co. Fermanagh BT92 6DW

Townland:
Carra

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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:
Partially

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OS Map No:
262/14

IG Ref:
H4816 2319

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

A ruinous symmetrical U-shaped two storey (+basement) / three bay house. The ‘U’ shape is formed by two separate projecting gabled sections at rear (that to S is longer than that to N). The house is accessed by a long sweeping lane and is aligned N-S at the W side of Carra Townland. Hipped natural slate roof. There are three chimneys, all with decorative octagonal chimney pots and set perpendicular to ridge. Two are cement-rendered and set at party wall between each bay of central section. The third is red brick and set at left-hand-side of S projecting section. Overhanging eaves with exposed rafter tails. Walls are harled. Windows are the vestiges of 6/6 sliding sashes set in moulded stucco architraves (unless otherwise stated). Those to façade also have a vermiculated keyblock. Cills are dressed stone. Principal elevation faces E. To centre is a projecting gabled single-storey entrance porch. Roof is gone and walls have remnants of rusticated stucco. E face has the remains of a pole-moulded timber door-frame with sidelights and tripartite transom over (door has gone). Right and left cheeks each have a window opening to centre. Bays to each side of porch has a window. Aligned above ground floor openings are three windows. S elevation is three equally spaced windows wide and has an exposed basement. It is abutted to ground floor left by the remains of a later addition which overhangs basement level (left ground floor window has subsequently been modified to provide access). Basement level has four windows. That to extreme left is detailed as before, all others are 2/2 (horizontally divided) sliding sashes (those to right are paired, that to their left is tripartite). The addition has a monopitched natural slate roof and the remains of cement-rendered walls. S face has a door opening at right, formerly accessed by a set of several concrete steps (now collapsed). To its left is a 2x3 side-hung casement window. Right and left cheeks are blank. Rear elevation comprises of the W gables of the two separate projecting sections (that to left projects only slightly). Between them is a narrow section of the main block., Enclosed between the two projecting sections at ground floor is a set of timber steps (formerly leading to the addition). They are accessed by a four-panelled timber door and covered by a narrow monopitched roof of protective plastic sheeting. First floor has a 6/6 sliding sash window. A single storey addition formerly abutted the extreme left end of the S-facing elevation of the left-hand section, and the extreme right end of the N-facing elevation of the right-hand section, thus closing the ‘U’ and forming a square plan. It is now ruinous and is of no interest. 1) Right-hand (S) section: W gable has an exposed basement level consisting of three openings. To extreme right is a door opening with a 6/6 sliding sash set immediately to its left. To left is a pair of 2x3 side-hung casements. Ground floor of this gable has the remains of a paired 2/2 sliding sash set to right of centre. To its right is a narrow infilled window opening. First floor has a narrow 4/2 sliding sash set to left of centre. N-facing cheek has a 6/6 sliding sash set at centre of each floor. The S-facing cheek has been described with the main block. 2) Left-hand (N) section: W gable has a window as before set at ground floor left and a pair of 1x3 side-hung casements aligned above at first floor. The S-facing cheek is blank. N elevation of main block has three equally spaced windows to each floor. Setting: The house is accessed by a long lane and occupies a prominent position on an elevated site overlooking the road.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

Although Carra House is marked on the 1834 OS 6" map, the present house, which is just north of the 1834 depiction, does not appear before the 1907 edition. The valuation of the property drops from £56 to £50 in 1866, and it is possible that the earlier large house was replaced by the present smaller one at this time. This contention is supported by the 1835 Ordnance Survey Memoir which states that the house, then occupied by Jason Hassard, had “much gone to decay”. Primary sources: 1. OS 6" map 1st edition (1834), Co Fermanagh sheet 43 (PRONI OS 6/4/43/1). 2. Ordnance Survey Memoir, Drummully Parish, Co Fermanagh. 3. Griffith Valuation, Drummully Parish, Clones Union, p.31 (1862). 4. Valuation revision book, 1866 (PRONI VAL 12B/25/2A, p.4). 5. OS 6" map 3rd edition (1907), Co Fermanagh sheet 43 (PRONI OS 6/4/43/3).

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

An imposing and unusually proportioned house which, despite its advanced state of neglect, retains some degree of character and many original features of interest.

General Comments

Date of Survey

31 October 2000