Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB10/02/042

Address :
Former house beside 27 Blackhill Road Castlederg Co. Tyrone BT81 7RE

Townland:
Clare Upper

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Store

Former Use
Thatched House

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
Yes

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
119/1

IG Ref:
H2699 7997

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Owner Category

Exterior Description And Setting

A single storey, three-bay, direct entry building originating as a two-bay house that had been extended to the north-east by the addition of a bedroom that is flanked by a shed constructed of corrugated iron sheeting. The left-hand (south-west) compartment has been converted for storage use. The building, that faces south-east is situated on the north-west side of a secondary road that travels in a south-westerly direction for about one and a half miles from the Drumquin / Castlederg road about three miles from the latter town. The wall construction is of random rubble stone squared at the extremities. The front elevation and the gables are whitened and at the rear the stone facing including the outshot is exposed. The front elevation has a black base. The lower part of the south-west gable is rendered. The roof is covered with corrugated iron. A corrugated Perspex panel has been inset into the front roof slope over the kitchen and small sheets of corrugated iron indicate the position of the former chimneystack. All of the external doors are of corrugated iron construction, paired to give access to the left-hand storage bay and single to the other compartments. The entrance to the former kitchen is protected by a canted-sided windbreak porch roofed with a single slab of stone. To the right of the porch a glassless metal-framed window is sealed externally by a shutter constructed of vertical timber planks and the sill is of stone of traditional depth. The lintel is of timber.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

The building appears in existing form on both the 1833 OS map and on the 1855 revision. References – Primary Sources 1. OS map, 1st edition 1833, Co. Tyrone, sheet 24 2. OS map, 1st revision 1855, Co. Tyrone, sheet 24 Secondary Sources

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

A single storey, three-bay, direct entry building that retains a plan form that includes a windbreak porch and a bed outshot. Otherwise all other elements have been altered.

General Comments

Date of Survey

15 June 2005