Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB24/01/116

Address :
9 Lough Shore Road Ballywhite Portaferry Co Down BT22 1PD

Townland:
Ballywhite

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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:
207/6

IG Ref:
J5767 5244

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

Small, one and a half storey house with dormers, built around the fabric of a dwelling of probable pre 1834 construction, but much altered in recent years and now possessing a sharp newly built appearance. The property is situated to the E of the Lough Shore Road, approximately 1½ miles NW of Portaferry. Front (S) elevation has off centre gabled porch with modern timber two pane window. The W face of the porch is blank. Timber front door to E side. Window, similar to that in the porch, at left and right of porch on main façade. E elevation of main house has window, as before, to left with smaller attic window directly above, with timber sheeted door and two similar windows to side of return. W gable has similar window arrangement as east gable with window, as before, to left on return with large timber ‘patio’ doors to right. Rear elevation of main house has window, as before, to right, with gable of return to left, with timber glazed door. The entire house is finished in lined render with chamfered plinth. Roofs of both main house and return pitched with ‘Thru-tone’ composite slates, with gabled dormers to front elevation with timber casement windows and timber (tongue & groove) sides. Three Velux windows to rear of main roof. Three rendered chimney stacks to main roof with uniform pots. PVC gutters and down spouts.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

A building is shown on 1834 OS map, which porbably correponds to the house we see today. In 1993-94 the house was completely renovated. Amongst other things, a new return was constructed, the porch and new dormers added and the building re-roofed and rendered. References- Primary sources 1 PRONI OS/6/3/24/1 OS maps, 1st ed., 1834, Down sheet 24 2 PRONI OS/6/3/24/2 OS maps, 1st rev, 1860, Down sheet 24 3 PRONI Second ('Griffith's') valuation, Parish of Ardquin, 1861 [In print.] 4 PRONI OS/6/3/24/3 OS maps, 2nd ed., 1899-1900, Down sheet 24 Secondary sources 1 G. Philip Bell, C.E.B. Brett, Sir Robert Matthew, Ulster Architectural Heritage Survey: Portaferry & Strangford (Belfast UAHS 1969), pp.20, 31

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Small, one and a half storey house with dormers, built around the fabric of a dwelling of probable pre 1834 construction, but much altered in recent years and now possessing a sharp newly built appearance.

General Comments

Date of Survey

05 August 1997