Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB19/12/019

Address :
41-43 Market Square Lisburn County Antrim BT28 1AG

Townland:
Old Warren

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Survey 2:
B2

Date of Listing:
23/03/2016 00:00:00

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Shop

Former Use
House - Terrace

Conservation Area:
Yes

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
165/6

IG Ref:
J2674 6426

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Owner Category

Commercial

Exterior Description And Setting

Two three-storey single-bay mid-terrace Georgian townhouses (now a single commercial unit) probably originating in the early 18th century. Rectangular plan form with accumulated single and two-storey rear returns from various periods. Located south of the Assembly Rooms (HB19/16/003) in the city centre; opposite the Nicholson Memorial (HB19/16/004). Pitched artificial slate roof; red-brick chimney with corbelled upper courses and single yellow clay pot. Cast-iron octagonal hopper head to the front façade with cast-iron gutter and down pipe; replacement uPVC throughout the rear. Smooth cement rendered walling. 1/1 timber sliding sash windows with horns; narrow plain band surround with individual rectangular masonry cills. Front door installed as part of a modern glazed shop front. The principal elevation faces north and is asymmetrically arranged. The ground floor has been completely modified with the front door centrally located between two large single pane windows with diminutive plinths. Between ground and first floor is a projecting roller shutter box, faced with contemporary non-illuminated signage. The first and second floors are three windows wide; single window to the left with two to the right. The second floor windows are diminished in height. The left gable is abutted by 39 Market Square. The rear elevation is asymmetrically arranged and largely abutted by various returns. The ground floor left side is abutted by a single-storey flat-roof extension; the ground and first floor right hand side is abutted by a two-storey lean-to return extended by addition returns, stepped on an inclined site. All door and windows openings have been infilled and coated in a cement roughcast render which has been applied to the whole of the rear. The left hand window to the second floor is partially obscured by the rear return of the adjoining building, 45 Market Square. The right gable is abutted by 45 Market Square. Setting: The building is largely embraced by adjoining terraces of two and three-storey buildings, some of which are similarly styled with others having undergone significant alteration or completely replaced. The building addresses the former market square and Assembly Rooms (HB19/16/004), now the Irish Linen Centre and Lisburn Museum. The rear of the site falls to a car park located adjacent to the Health Centre. Roofing: Fibre cement slate Walling: Cement rendered Windows: Timber sliding sash RWG: Cast-iron/uPVC replacement

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

The town of Lisnagarvey, as it was known until the 1660s, was first established in the early seventeenth century when James I granted Sir Fulke Conway the south Antrim manor of Killultagh. Sir Fulke established the headquarters of his Killultagh estates at Lisburn and began to lay out its foundations in the early 1620s (Mackey, p.1) By 1640 the town had been laid out very much along its present lines, with a central market place and streets radiating from it. (Mackey, p.x) After a disastrous fire in 1707, the town was quickly rebuilt to its former street plan using improved materials, brick replacing wood and slates and tiles replacing shingles. Rebuilding was encouraged in the aftermath of the fire by Lord Conway who granted forty-one year leases on the waste holdings. (Ulster Star 20/04/2007; Mackey, p.4) The current building is similar in scale, proportions and detailing to those at the end of the row dated 1709 and appears likely to date from the period of rebuilding following the fire. A building on the site is shown on Pattison’s 1833 map of the area. Nothing is known of its early history and the building could not be identified in Griffith’s Valuation or census records. The building is currently in use as a beauty salon. References: Primary Sources 1. PRONI OS/6/1/68/1 – First Edition OS Map 1833 2. PRONI OS/6/1/68/2 – Second Edition OS map 1857 3. PRONI OS/6/1/68/3 – Third Edition OS Map c1900 4. PRONI OS/6/1/68/4 – Fourth Edition OS Map 1921 5. PRONI OS/6/1/68/5 – Fifth Edition OS Map 1939 Secondary Sources 1. Mackey, Brian “Lisburn, the Town and its People, 1873-1973” Belfast: Blackstaff Press, 2000 2. Ulster Star 20/04/2007

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

A. Style B. Proportion C. Ornamentation H-. Alterations detracting from building J. Setting K. Group value

Historic Interest

X. Local Interest Z. Rarity R. Age S. Authenticity T. Historic Importance

Evaluation

Two three-storey single-bay mid-terrace early Georgian townhouses (now a single commercial unit) probably originating in the early 18th century and enjoying a prominent positon in the historic centre of Lisburn. Externally the building has retained its original character and proportions to the first and second floor only. The ground floor has been significantly altered over time resulting in the loss of architectural interest. The building's principal interests are the overall proportions of the front façade, its early construction date which makes it a rare survivor, and its group value with the two close by, former houses from the same period ( HB19.12.020A and B).

General Comments

This record was completed without access to the primary source material held by PRONI

Date of Survey

21 December 2010