Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB22/13/006

Address :
78 Marshallstown Road Carrickfergus Co. Antrim BT38 9DE

Townland:
North East Division

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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:
Yes

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
99-5

IG Ref:
J4276 9109

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

Detached symmetrical three-bay two-storey vernacular house, built c. 1850 and located to the north side of Marshallstown Road, Carrickfergus. Rectangular-on-plan with central single-storey porch to south and single-storey lean-to extension to west gable. Roof is pitched natural slate with brick corbelled eaves; half-round cast-iron rainwater goods; brick gable chimneystacks with clay pots. Walls are roughcast rendered; windows are replacement uPVC casements mimicking 6/6 timber sliding sashes with painted masonry cills (poorly detailed lead sheeted cills to rear.) Principal elevation faces south and contains central entrance porch with pitched natural slate roof; two windows at each side; five windows at first floor. Left gable is abutted by single-storey lean-to extension; exposed section is blank. Rear elevation has scattered fenestration with timber sheeted entrance door off-centre to right; two windows to right; single window to left. First floor contains timber sheeted loft door off-centre to left; single window to left; three windows to right (two outer diminished.) Right gable is blank with cast-iron rainwater hopper to right. Set on an elevated site to the north of Marshallstown Road with views over Carrickfergus; elevated yard to rear with outbuildings to north and enclosed by dry stone walling and cast-iron gates. A circular roughcast random rubble pier and cast-iron gate enclose a small front garden at the south-east corner. Roof: Natural slate Walling: Roughcast render Windows: Replacement uPVC casements mimicking 6/6 timber sliding sashes with painted masonry cills RWG: Half-round cast-iron

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

The building is shown on the first edition OS map of 1832. Griffith’s Valuation records the property as a ‘house, offices and land’ occupied by James Mann, and leased from the Marquis of Donegal. The building valuation is £4. References: Primary Sources 1. PRONI OS/6/1/47/1- First Edition OS Map (1832) 2. PRONI OS/6/1/47/2 - Second Edition OS Map (1857) 3. PRONI OS/6/1/47/3 - Third Edition OS Map (1902) 4. PRONI VAL/2/A/1/47- Griffith’s Valuation (1857) 5. PRONI VAL/2/B/1/22A - Griffith’s Valuation (1859)

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Detached symmetrical three-bay two-storey direct-entry strong farmer's house built c. 1850; located to the north of Marshallstown Road, Carrickfergus. The substitution of inappropriate windows detracts substantially from this otherwise interesting mid-Victorian house.

General Comments

Date of Survey

07 January 2009