Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB22/13/022

Address :
46 Loughmourne Road Carrickfergus Co.Antrim BT38 9AN

Townland:
Commons

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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:
83-16

IG Ref:
J4025 9304

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Owner Category

Exterior Description And Setting

Detached symmetrical two-bay one-and-a-half-storey vernacular house, built c.1850, and located to the east side of Loughmourne Road, Carrickfergus. Direct-entry; rectangular-on-plan with gabled central storm porch. Roof is pitched natural slate with blue/black ridge tiles and masonry verge tiles; red brick gable chimneystacks. Two rooflights to south slope; half-round cast-iron rainwater goods (few remaining.) Walling is roughly coursed random rubble with brick window surrounds and visible traces of lime render; windows are square headed 2/2 timber sliding sashes. Principal elevation faces south and consists of single window to either side of central windbreak porch. Porch has a pitched slated roof and teracotta verge tiles, rooflight to right slope. Window to left cheek; right cheek is blank. Left gable is abutted by single-storey outbuilding with pitched asbestos sheeted roof. Exposed section is blank. Rear elevation is abutted by a raised ground level covering most of the ground floor; the exposed section is blank. Right gable is abutted by multi-bay two-storey outbuilding, detailed as main block. Left gable extension is partially open to south; north and west gable are blank. Right gable extension is detailed as main block with unsymetrical fenestration to south comprising a central window opening with entrance to each side at ground floor, two openings at first floor; north has single timber sheeted door at first floor; east gable is blank. Set perpendicular to the road, the house is preserved within its original
setting with traditional farmyard containing several attached stone outbuilding and perpendicular outbuilding to south-east. Roof: Natural slate with blue/black ridge tiles and masonry verge tiles Walling: Roughly coursed random rubble with brick window surrounds and visible traces of lime render Windows: Square-headed 2/2 timber sliding sashes with masonry cills RWG: Half-round cast-iron

Architects

Historical Information

The building is first shown on the second edition OS map of 1857, and is recorded in Griffith’s Valuation of 1859 as a ‘house, offices and land’ occupied by Andrew Ross and leased from the Marquis of Downshire. The building is valued at £0.10s Primary Sources 1. PRONI OS/6/1/46/1-First Edition OS Map (1832) 2. PRONI OS/6/1/46/2-Second Edition OS Map (1857) 3. PRONI OS/6/1/46/3-Third Edition OS Map (1902) 4. PRONI VAL/2/A/1/46 -Griffith’s Valuation Map (1857) 5. PRONI VAL/2/B/1/22 -Griffith’s Valuation (1859)

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

A 2-bay vernacular dwelling, traditionally constructed on a direct-entry plan. This house has the general massing of an interesting nineteenth century vernacular house, unfortunately it has lost too much of its detailing to consider protection through listing.

General Comments

Date of Survey

07 January 2009