Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB12/02/117

Address :
Vernacular House Doohat Newtownbutler Co. Fermanagh BT92 8AB

Townland:
Doohat

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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:
Yes

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
261/9

IG Ref:
H3776 2511

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

A single storey / three bay vernacular house aligned SW-NE on a lane to the W of Doohat Townland. Pitched artificial slate roof with two cement-rendered chimneys; one at party wall between each bay. A timber eaves board supports half-round metal rainwater goods. Walls are harled. Windows are 1/1 sliding sashes with horns and stone cills (unless otherwise stated). Principal elevation faces SE. Left bay has a window to centre. Central bay has a window to left and a t+g sheeted door with brass door furniture to right. Right bay has a timber top-hung casement window to centre. Left gable is blank and is mostly obscured by ivy. Rear elevation has a window to each bay. Right gable is abutted by a lower outbuilding. The exposed section is blank. The outbuilding has a pitched corrugated metal roof and is detailed as house. SE elevation has a door to extreme right, to right of which it is abutted by a second (similarly detailed) outbuilding (see later). The exposed gable is has an infilled window opening. Rear has a window opening to left. The second outbuilding has a t+g-sheeted door to centre of SW face and a window to NE. Gable is blank. Setting: The house occupies a secluded site up a long lane on the hinterland of the Crom estate. To front is a small garden enclosed by low interlocking wrought-iron railings supported on cement-rendered base with square-in-section piers to either end.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

A building is shown at this location on the 1834 OS 6" map. However, it is not cited in the first Valuation book, indicating that it was a small one-storey vernacular house. By 1862 it was occupied by John Hanley and was valued at £2. There is no change to its valuation thereafter. It is probably of earlier 19th century date. Primary sources: 1. OS 6" map, 1st edition (1834), Co Fermanagh sheet 39 (PRONI OS 6/4/39/1). 2. Second Valuation book, Galloon Parish, Clones Union, 1862, p.13.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

A pleasant little vernacular dwelling occupying a secluded site and of some original character.

General Comments

Date of Survey

05 December 2000