Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB15/02/025

Address :
234 Loughgall Road Loughgall Armagh Co Armagh

Townland:
Levalleglish

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
House

Former Use
Thatched House

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
Yes

Monument:
No

Derelict:
Yes

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OS Map No:
199/7

IG Ref:
H9040 5253

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

The remains of a completely derelict cottage so ruinous and overgrown as to be virtually featureless. It was described in the first survey in 1972 as "Single storey cottage. Roof thatched. Gable ends. Walls roughcast on rubble, whitened. Central projecting gabled porch: simple barges and slated roof. Three double-hung windows: horizontal astragals. Panelled door in porch between 1st and 2nd windows. Hedge encloses front garden. Adjacent to left-hand side are rubble outbuildings. Condition poorish. Front about 60 feet."

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

Precise date of building not recorded but it appears on the OS map of 1834. Roof thatched until at least 1972. References – Primary Sources 1. OS Map 1834, Co Armagh 8.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

This is the ruinous and featureless remains of a former thatched cottage and as such is of no special architectural or historic interest.

General Comments

Date of Survey

31 December 2004