Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB11/04/015 A

Address :
Burrell's Folly Burrell's Glen Omagh Road Drumquin Co Tyrone BT78 4QX

Townland:
Drumnaforbe

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:

Former Use

Conservation Area:

Industrial Archaeology:

Vernacular:

Thatched:

Monument:

Derelict:

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OS Map No:
119-15

IG Ref:
H3299 7639

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Owner Category

Exterior Description And Setting

The remains of Burrell's Folly are not deemed to meet the criteria for listing.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

The site is captioned ‘Burn’s Folly’ on the first edition OS Map of 1833. The building in question first appears on the second edition OS Map of 1854 (where the site is captioned ‘Burrel’s Folly’) replacing an earlier building to the south of the plot and set perpendicular to the main house. Listing query information provided by the NIEA states that Griffith’s Valuation records Edward Sproule Esq as the leaseholder, and lists the site as the property of Henry Echlin, Jas A and Frederick Boyle Esqs. The buildings are valued at £13 15s 0d. The Annual Revisions revise the value to £15 0s 0d. This remains the value until 1908 when it is revised to £2. Rowan comments; “This is just a ruined farmhouse of 1779 with extensive outbuildings once the home of a family called Sproule.” (p.254) The main house no longer stands, and the former offices are all that remain. The internal arrangement of rooms and fireplaces suggests that the building combined some form of workers’ dwellings with storage and agricultural use. Primary Sources: 1. PRONI OS/6/6/33/1-2 – Ordnance Survey Maps (1833, 1854) 2. PRONI VAL/1/A/6/33 – Townland Valuation Map 3. PRONI VAL/1/B/634 – Townland Valuation Records (1828-40) 4. PRONI VAL/2/A/6/33B – Griffith’s Valuation Map 5. PRONI VAL/2/B/6/36 – Griffith’s Valuation (1856-64) 6. PRONI VAL/12/B/41/18/A-F – Annual Revision Records (1860-1923) Secondary Sources: 1. Rowan, A ‘The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster’, Penguin Books, 1979

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

The remains of Burrell's Folly are not deemed to meet the criteria for listing.

General Comments

Date of Survey

19 February 2009