Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB22/04/008

Address :
Commons Farm 10 Councillors Road Carrickfergus Co. Antrim BT38 9AQ

Townland:
Commons

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Outbuildings

Former Use
Mill

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
Yes

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
98-6

IG Ref:
J3662 9059

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

Attached two-bay two-storey outbuilding, built c.1880, located to the north side of Councillors Road, Carrickfergus. Rectangular-on-plan with single-storey extension to east gable. Roof is pitched natural slate with blue/black clay ridge tiles; single roof light to south pitch; overhanging timber eaves with exposed rafter ends; plain timber bargeboards supported on exposed purlin ends. Half-round cast-iron rainwater goods; walls are painted roughly coursed rubble unless otherwise stated. Windows are round-headed 8-pane timber pivot casements with flush masonry cills and stepped brick surrounds; (also painted) unless otherwise stated. Principal elevation faces north and contains segmental-headed coach arch with timber sheeted doors to left surmounted by two windows; to right are two timber sheeted doors, each with square-headed windows to left. First floor contains timber sheeted loft door with window to left. Left gable is sheeted asbestos and is abutted by a single-storey converted outbuilding with pitched slated roof; exposed section is blank. Rear elevation contains three windows at first floor. Right gable is blank. Left gable extension has been converted into a dwelling and contains replacement materials throughout. Roof is pitched, hipped to east, replacement roof tiles; uPVC rainwater goods; velux rooflights and uPVC windows; red brick chimneystack with decorative octagonal clay pots. North elevation contains double doors with three windows to right. South elevation contains double doors; single window to left; two windows to right. Entire south elevation is surmounted by lean-to slated canopy with rooflights, supported on cast-iron columns. Forming the south side of a traditional quadrangular farm courtyard the building faces onto other similarly detailed outbuildings with farm house to east. Courtyard enclosed to east by coursed random rubble wall and piers; accessed from east by lane from Councillors Road accessed through alcoved entrance with smooth rendered walls and cast-iron gates supported on square piers with pyramidal caps. Roof: Natural slate Walling: Roughly coursed random rubble with brick window surrounds and visible traces of lime render Windows: Square-headed 2/2 timber sliding sashes RWG: Half-round cast-iron

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

The building first appears on the third edition OS map of 1902 and is thought to have been built c.1880. The Valuation Revisions of 1880 record a ‘house, offices and land’ occupied by Charles Stewart and leased from W. Duncan Wilson. The buildings are valued at £10, and a note states that the farm was ‘built with loan from board of works and to be exempt for 7 years from 13th Jan 1873’. In 1903 the occupier is revised to the representatives of Charles Stewart. References: Primary Sources 1. PRONI OS/6/1/52/1 - First Edition OS Map (1832) 2. PRONI OS/6/1/52/2 - Second Edition OS Map (1857) 3. PRONI OS/6/1/52/3 - Third Edition OS Map (1902) 4. PRONI VAL/12/B/7/6 A-D Valuation Revisions (1894-1929) 5. PRONI VAL/12/B/7/5A-F - Valuation Revisions (1864-1894)

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

A charming attached nineteenth century two-bay two-storey outbuilding, located to the north side of Councillors Road, Carrickfergus. A timber floor hatch and traces of mill machinery suggest that this was originally a corn threshing barn. The building remains largely unaltered externally and set within its original farm courtyard it is a good example of an early nineteenth century farm plan. The buildings are too altered to consider listing. A charming attached nineteenth century two-bay two-storey outbuilding, located to the north side of Councillors Road, Carrickfergus. A timber floor hatch and traces of mill machinery suggest that this was originally a corn threshing barn. The building remains largely unaltered externally and set within its original farm courtyard it is a good example of a late-nineteenth century farm plan which contributes significantly to the rural landscape.

General Comments

Building is not visible from a public place.

Date of Survey

07 January 2009