Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB03/06/016

Address :
83 Creamery Road Cloyfin Coleraine Co. Londonderry BT52 2NE

Townland:
Cloyfin South

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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:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
13-06

IG Ref:
C8852 3505

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

A detached, asymmetrical two-storey three-bay, early 20th century rendered farmhouse, c.1915, gabled with wall-head attic dormers and a canted bay window. Located in Cloyfin, the original house is rectangular on plan with a two-storey, gabled return to the east, which was built and/modified in stages, during the mid 20th century. The site contains a number of 19th century rubblestone outbuildings, including a previous two-storey farmhouse. Pitched, slate roof with terracotta ridge-tiles and two rendered chimney stacks at centre with terracotta pots; similar lower roof to gabled east return which has unequal angles of pitch (the southern proportion having been added/remodelled during the mid 20th century). West elevation contains two gabled, wall-head dormers with first floor windows to centre. Cast-iron ogee rainwater goods (some replacement) on plain timber fascia to projecting eaves, with rafter tails exposed and painted; plain timber bargeboards to gables. Walling is pebble-dashed over brick base, laid to English garden wall bonding (main house only), with smooth rendered strip separating. Square-headed window openings with smooth rendered reveals and projecting concrete or reconstituted stone sills; windows are generally three-light multi-pane original timber casements to main house and 6/6 side-hung timber sashes to rear return (unless otherwise stated). Asymmetrical principal elevation faces west and comprises dormers either side of central window; three-light, plain casement to left of central, segmental-headed entrance door having moulded, rendered architrave. A replacement timber panelled and glazed door is fitted with side-light and panelled lower section to left, surmounted by segmental transom with glazing bars (original panelled door is kept in storage by the owner). Right-side has canted bay, with hipped slate roof and is lighted by plain windows, having multi-paned upper proportions. North elevation contains window on each floor, left-of-centre. East elevation is abutted by two-storey return which contains two upper windows (left is 1/1 timber sash) and a single below (timber casement). Right-cheek contains two windows to right, over replacement timber sheeted and glazed door, with the lower portion of a half-door, in front. Left-cheek forms part of south elevation (see below) and contains three irregularly spaced 1/1 timber sashes to each floor, having cement/concrete sills. South elevation comprises of three windows, with a modified opening to left-side, containing a multi-pane double-leaf modern timber and glazed door with small plain glass transom above and large side-light to right. Setting Located in a rural, mature farmland
setting, a short-distance to the north-east of Coleraine town, the site contains substantial ranges of historic outbuildings, as well as mid-late 20th century farm related structures. The elevated site terminates a narrow road on the eastern side of Creamery Road and hedge-lined garden surrounds the main house, which overlooks expanses of fields to the south and west. A concrete path wraps around the house and the former main entrance is accessed via concrete steps. The farmyard to the north-east is largely gravel while that to east is bitumen. Two ranges of pre 20th century, whitewashed rubble-stone and generally slated outbuildings run from east to west, located north-east of the main house, with a third to the direct east of the house. These have all been partially altered and modified throughout 20th century, with some having been re-roofed and partially modernised inside, for farm use (i.e concrete dividers, multi-pane metal frame windows). One of these, now with an asbestos roof, contains vestiges of a previous chimney and fireplace to eastern gable, windows have chamfered reveals and roughly hewn timber brace remains between gables. A previous house, which predates the current farmhouse is located on an elevated site, a short distance to the east. Detached, asymmetrical, single-storey-with-attic, pitched slate roof with vestiges of gable chimney-stacks; four openings wide with tall doorway, right-of-centre and brick dressings over large, squared window openings, with projecting sills. Timber framed windows having top portion of sashed window remaining, which contains a single pane with margin lights. Building is derelict. Interior comprises small central hall with timber stair directly in front of entrance, having curved handrail and stick balusters; primary room to left, through six-panelled timber door with timber lining and brick arch over; large rendered fireplace opening remaining, chamfered window reveals; doorway to east leads to small room. Former kitchen to south-east corner; timber sheeting to stair having cupboard beneath; brick fireplace-opening to south with full-height rendered fire surround remaining (having iron cooking crane still in place); vestiges of clay floor tiles remain. Vestiges of historic plaster and lathe to walls and ceiling remains; replacement timber sheeting to coved ceiling in attic rooms. Roof: Slate Walling: Pebble-dashed Windows: Multi-pane three-light timber casements & 6/6 timber-framed sash RWG: Cast-iron

Architects

Historical Information

The present dwelling house dates from 1915 and is built on a site that pre-dates the first edition OS map of 1831. The development of the dwellings and outbuildings on this site has taken place according to a pattern than can often be observed in rural areas. A number of vernacular dwelling houses occupied by members of the same family were built in a cluster with plots of land radiating outwards. The land gradually became consolidated as a single holding and the tenant farmer then became the owner under land purchase legislation and was able to build a more substantial residence for himself, the former family dwelling houses becoming outbuildings to the new residence. A number of dwelling houses and outbuildings are shown on the site on the first edition OS map of 1831 and several of these appear to have survived to the present day. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (1856-64) the plot was divided into three holdings, each occupied by a member of the Norris family. The plot to the north west was occupied by James Norris Junior and the house and offices were valued at £1.10s, a plot to the south was occupied by James Morris Junior, later Senior and valued at £4.10s and a plot to the north east was occupied by William Brown Norris and also valued at £4.10s. More recent OS maps caption the farm ‘Mount Norris’. By 1901 John Norris was the occupier of all three plots and is listed in the census as a farmer living alone and employing a farm servant and a general domestic, 24-year-old Hannah McLoughlin from County Donegal. By 1911 John Norris had taken a wife and the couple lived alone on the farm, their ten-room house being designated first class. In 1912 Norris became the owner in fee of the farm under land purchase legislation and in 1915 he built a new two-storey house on the plot, other buildings on the site being subsequently designated as outbuildings. The new house was valued at £12 and valuer’s notes of the period show that at least one of the outbuildings was still thatched at this stage. Valuer’s notes of the 1930s give a plan of the house and outbuildings and list the accommodation in the new dwelling house as three receptions, a kitchen, scullery and pantry, five bedrooms, a bathroom and WC. The valuer commented that the house was ‘well built’. The building continues in domestic use. References: Primary Sources 1. PRONI OS/6/5/4/1 First Edition OS Map 1831 2. PRONI OS/6/5/4/2 Second Edition OS map 1849-53 3. PRONI OS/6/5/4/3 Third Edition OS Map 1904 4. PRONI OS/6/5/4/4 Fourth Edition OS Map 1922-3 5. PRONI OS/6/5/4/5 Fifth Edition OS Map 1939-50 6. PRONI VAL/12/A/5/8 – Valuer’s notebook 1915 7. PRONI VAL/12/B/30/14A-F Annual Revisions (1864-1929) 8. PRONI VAL/3/C/6/2 First General Revaluation 1933-57 9. PRONI VAL/3/D/6/3/D/2 First General Revaluation 1933-57 10. Griffith’s Valuation online 11. 1901/1911 census online

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

A freestanding, asymmetrical, two-storey rendered farmhouse, constructed c.1915. Located within a rural farmyard setting, the current house forms part of a collective group of historic farm buildings and dwellings, a number of which are retained (in various states of repair and modernistion) and still utilised for agricultural purposes. Although this house signifies a transition from the vernacular toward a more formalised approach, which was increasingly governed by stylistic influences of the early twentieth century period, it is not considered of special architectural or historical interest.

General Comments

Date of Survey

07 February 2013