Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB24/01/096

Address :
15 Newcastle Road Dooey Hill Newcastle Portaferry Co Down BT22 1QQ

Townland:
Newcastle

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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:
Yes

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
207/6

IG Ref:
J6426 5252

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

Formal two storey farm house of c.1900, set on a hill about a mile from the south east coast of the Ards peninsula (c.3 miles E of Portaferry), with large two storey rear return and modern flat roofed entrance porch. Front (west) elevation is largely symmetrical. Roughly to the centre is a flat roofed porch with timber and glazed door with large adjoining two pane sidelight/window to left. Sides of porch blank. To left of porch is large modern four pane timber window with small top hung upper openers and smooth cement surround with small moulded keystone. Similar window to right of porch. Three similar windows to first floor with cill course. North gable of main building has narrower two pane timber window to left on ground floor with smooth cement surround with two similar windows to first floor set in segmental arch head openings and cill course. South gable has two windows, as north gable, to first floor. Rear has large two storey gabled return with a flat roofed extension to right (north) of return and smaller lean-to extension to left and single storey pitched (felt) roof extension (with store) attached to gable of return. This extension merges with a single storey garage. Both return and extensions have modern PVC windows of various sizes with various casement and top hung openings and are all finished in rough cast render. Roof of main house and return pitched with Bangor blue slates, with four yellow brick chimney stacks to main roof with one to roof of return, all with dentilled corbelling and uniform pots. Stone parapets to main roof and return. PVC gutters and down spouts. Main building finished in rough cast render with moulded chamfered quoins. Low rough cast render wall around small front garden. There are two adjacent cast iron water pumps.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

A building is shown on the site of this house on the OS Map of 1834, with a very long portion next to ‘rath’ and stump of windmill. As this building is not noted in the 1838 valuation it is probable that it was a modest single storey dwelling. A building of the same shape is shown on the revised OS map of 1860. The present house was probably built c.1900, though the fact that it is one room deep indicates that it may follow the plan (and perhaps contain some of the fabric) of the earlier building. The flat roofed porch (covering original doorway with elliptical arch) was added in the early 1990s, with windows also replaced recently. References- Primary sources 1 PRONI OS/6/3/32/1 OS maps, 1st ed., 1834, Down sheet 2 PRONI OS/6/3/32/2 OS maps, 1st rev., 1860, Down sheet 3 PRONI Second ('Griffith's') valuation, Parish of Ballytrustan, 1861 [In print.] 4 PRONI OS/6/3/32/3 OS maps, 2nd ed., 1899-1900, Down sheet

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Much altered two storey farm house of c.1900 with large return to rear and c.1990 flat roofed entrance porch.

General Comments

Date of Survey

12 August 1997