Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB17/04/013

Address :
Edenderry Factory Lurgan road Banbridge Co. Down BT32 4LY

Townland:

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Survey 2:
D1 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:
220-4

IG Ref:
J1240 4640

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Owner Category

Exterior Description And Setting

A three-storey blackstone linen factory with sheds, now demolished and replaced with a modern housing development. The First Survey card records: ‘Pre 1861 and later. 2 storey & sheds, still producing linen. Blackstone with brick arches & dressings. 400’ x 200’ O/A Thos. Ferguson opened a factory at Edenderry in 1866, in premises acquired from W.A.Stewart, who was a thread manufacturer in 1850. 2 smaller buildings beside river are shown on O.S. Map of 1861. Building 100’ X 27’ shown at corner of present building and marked ‘Linen Manufactory’ Industrial Archaeology of Co. Down E.B.R.Green Date of visit: 16th September 1969’

Architects

Historical Information

N/A

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

A three-storey blackstone linen factory with sheds, now demolished and replaced with a modern housing development.

General Comments

Partial Survey Only

Date of Survey

12 April 2012