Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB11/16/022

Address :
Badoney Manse 39 Droit Road Gortin BT78 4DS

Townland:
Droit

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Rectories/ Manses etc

Former Use
Rectories/ Manses etc

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
Partially

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OS Map No:
88-16

IG Ref:
H4448 8715

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Owner Category

Church - Presbyterian

Exterior Description And Setting

Detached three-bay two-storey rendered former manse, built c.1878. T-shaped on plan, facing south on an elevated site to the west side of Droit Road, within the grounds of Badoney Presbyterian church. Now vacant the house has a small enclosed rear yard with a two-storey outbuilding to the north and a short avenue to the southeast. Hipped natural slate roof with black clay ridge tiles and three large yellow brick chimneystacks having clay pots. Steel rainwater goods and timber boxed fascia to eaves. Cement pebble-dash render over redbrick walling with tooled stone quoins to all corners. Square-headed window openings (unless otherwise stated) with moulded architrave surrounds, stone sills and single-pane timber sliding sash windows with ogee horns and some cylinder glass. Front south elevation comprises a single-bay projection to the left, two bays to the right, with a single storey bay window to the right the roof to which extends to the inner corner forming a porch to the entrance. Square-headed window opening to the central bay, paired to the left and right bays. Paired round-headed window openings to the first floor, with single-pane timber sash windows. Gothic door opening to the centre bay with moulded architrave surround and a replacement hardwood glazed and panelled door with plain overlight. Door opens onto concrete step, sheltered by the extended roof to the rectangular-plan bay window, supported by a pair of timber stop-chamfered brackets. A concrete paved platform opens onto a short flight of concrete steps. West side elevation is three bays wide with a single-storey three-sided canted bay window to the right having a continuous stone sill course. The west section of the house forms a larger projection on the rear elevation with a further projection to the inner corner (accommodating the stair hall), with a further two-storey lean-to to the left. The stair hall contains a round-headed window opening with single-pane timber sliding sash window having coloured margin lights. Below the stair hall window is a flat-roofed rear entrance porch with a glazed and panelled timber door. Setting:- Rear yard is enclosed to the north by a three-bay two-storey rendered outbuilding having a pitched corrugated iron roof, pebble dash rendered walls and square-headed window openings with steel casement windows. The yard is enclosed to the east by a tall rubblestone wall with cement coping and a vehicular sheeted steel gate. Set on an elevated site overlooking Killymore Road to the south with its side elevation facing Droit Road and a short bitmac avenue descending southeast to Droit Road. Roof: Natural slate Walling: Render Windows: Timber RWG: Steel

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

The building is first shown on the third edition OS map of 1905-6 captioned ‘manse’ and is situated near ‘Badoney Presbyterian Church’ (HB11/16/021). The church itself is on the 1833 map, but appears, from changes in the plan, to have been rebuilt between this date and 1854. Valuation Revisions record the addition of a ‘house, offices and land’ in 1879, which is valued at £14. A marginal note records that ‘...in 1878, new house unfinished...’, also noted is that the house ‘...is said to have cost £685, built with expense of the congregation’, and ‘...is said to be excessive’. The original occupier is the Rev. John Boyd, however in 1881 the house is ‘vacant, with the Rev. Jackson Mc Fadden taking residency of the house in 1883, the property is leased from the ‘Trustees of the Presbyterian Meeting House’ A History of Congregations in the Presbyterian church’ notes that the history of the Parish is uncertain, however ‘...there was a congregation in 1659 ministered to by the Rev. W. Moorcroft of Ardstraw. In 1843 Mr Thomas Johnston was ordained and ‘...under his guidance a new church was built on the same site as the old one in the townland of Droit in the parish of Lower Badoney. To the cost of this, Mr Daniel O Connell, the famous Irish Politician was a contributor...’ (page 39). References: Primary Sources 1. PRONI OS/6/6/18/1 –First Edition OS Map (1833) 2. PRONI OS/6/6/18/2 –Second Edition OS Map (1854) 3. PRONI OS/6/6/18/3 –Third Edition OS Map (1905-6) 4. PRONI VAL/12/B/39A-F –Valuation Revisions (1867-1929) Secondary Sources 1. Presbyterian Historical Society of Ireland "A History of Congregations in the Presbyterian Church" Belfast : Presbyterian Historical Society of Ireland 1982

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Detached three-bay two-storey rendered former manse, built c.1878. T-shaped on plan, in the grounds of Badoney Presbyterian church. This former manse retains its original appearance and detailing including fenestration. However, while of local interest, it is late and not among the best examples of the type.

General Comments

Date of Survey

28 April 2009