Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB01/04/011

Address :
33 Victoria Road Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT47 2PT

Townland:
Prehen

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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:
36-11

IG Ref:

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

Single storey contemporary dwelling in natural stone and felted roof dating from 1952 to designs of Sean Kenny.

Architects

Historical Information

33 Victoria Road This house was built in the townland of Prehen in 1952 to designs by Sean Kenny (1932-1973). Tipperary-born Kenny had studied under Frank Lloyd-Wright, one of the most influential architects of all time, and worked with him on the Guggenheim Museum in New York. Better known as a theatre designer, this is the only house in Ireland that Kenny is known to have worked on. It possibly corresponds with the house that appears as a new entry in the First General Revaluation for Prehen in 1954. This house was initially occupied by Joseph Quinn and later by G. S. Glover. References Primary sources 1. Annual Revisions List of the First General Revaluation, 1936-57 – VAL/3/C/6/9 2. PRONI, Second General Revaluation Records, 1956-72, VAL/4/B/5/21 Secondary sources 1. Robert McKinstry, ‘Contemporary Architecture’, in Michael Longley (ed.), Causeway: the arts in Ulster (Arts Council of Northern Ireland, 1971) 2. Daniel Calley, City of Derry: An Historical Gazeteer to the Buildings of Londonderry (Belfast: Ulster Architectural Heritage Society, 2013)

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Single storey contemporary dwelling in natural stone and felted roof dating from 1952 to designs of Sean Kenny.

General Comments

Date of Survey

27 March 2014