Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB26/11/006 A

Address :
6 Shandon Park Belfast Co. Antrim BT5 6NW

Townland:
Knock

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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:
147-3

IG Ref:
J3843 7295

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Owner Category

Exterior Description And Setting

Semi-detached three-bay two-storey with dormer attic brick and rendered Arts and Crafts-style villa built 1906 having projecting gable to west, mono-pitch conservatory to north and gabled rear return to east. The house is one of a pair of semi-detached buildings and is attached to No.8 Shandon Park to south side (HB26/11/006B). The building is set back from, and parallel to, Shandon Park and is located within its own gardens with driveway and tarmac parking to north, paved parking area to west and gardens to east. Pitched natural slate roof with saw-tooth terracotta ridge tiles and finial to dormer; decorative painted bargeboard and eaves board, uPVC ogee moulded guttering discharging to uPVC square downpipes. Two-stage roughcast rendered chimney stack to north having flat sandstone coping with circular yellow terracotta pots. Brick central shared chimney having cornice to sandstone coping and circular terracotta pots. Mono-pitch glazed roof to conservatory. Pitched slate roof to rear return. Three bay front elevation faces west with attached conservatory to north side. Two-storey canted bay to north bay having leaded hipped roof, single-storey central entrance porch with leaded hipped roof and dormer to south-west. Red brick ground floor and roughcast rendered upper floors with projecting rendered cornice stringcourse between ground and first floor. Smooth rendered plinth to conservatory with horizontal timber sheeted apex. Projecting rendered plinth to canted bay, painted stone sill course to ground and first floor and painted header course to ground floor windows. Timber framed glazing to entrance porch. Square-headed window openings to ground floor and segment-headed openings with moulded surround to first floor. One over one timber sliding sash windows to ground floor and six over one timber sliding sash windows to upper floors with central window to canted bay having eight over one timber sliding sash window. Square-headed openings to conservatory. Dormer has pitched slate roof with decorative bargeboard with finial, rendered walls and square-headed opening with timber casement window. Square-headed door opening with timber panelled entrance door having multi-pane fanlight over and flanked by sidelights. Entrance approached by short-flight of concrete steps with metal handrail and balustrade on concrete plinth with chamfered coping. North elevation has ground floor conservatory and six over one segmental arched window to first floor of main house. Rear return is three-bay two-storey with red brick to ground floor and rough-cast rendered upper floor with decorative brick string course. Square-headed openings with rendered sills. Two over two timber sliding sash windows to ground and first floor with replacement timber casement window to upper floor. Single-storey extension to east. East elevation has central gabled rear return, two-storey flat roof extension to south bay and single-storey extension to north. Pair of windows to ground floor of main house; north bay having two over two timber sliding sash windows. Flat felt roof with projecting rendered eaves course to single-storey extension. Square-headed door opening to rear return having rendered header with timber framed glazed door having side light. South elevation is attached to adjacent property 8 Shandon Park (HB26/11/006B). Setting: Building is set within its own grounds having tarmac driveway and parking to north and west. Single-storey outbuilding is located to north-east attached to single-storey extension at rear by a metal gateway leading to rear garden. Garden enclosed by mature hedge boundary. Paving to west with raised planting beds adjoining building. Mature planting and hedge boundary to west and trees to north. Materials: Roof: Natural slate RWG: uPVC Walls : Red brick and roughcast render Windows: Timber sliding sash

Architects

Historical Information

Nos 6-8 Shandon Park, a pair of two-and-a-half-storey semi-detached Edwardian houses located near the corner of the Knock Road, were constructed in c. 1906. The third edition Ordnance Survey map (1902) depicted Shandon Park along its current layout but recorded that the townland of Knock remained predominantly rural in character by the turn of the 20th century. Shandon Park was first included in the Ulster Town Directories in 1895 and by 1902 approximately ten dwellings had been constructed along the new residential street (UTD). The Dictionary of Irish Architects notes that the majority of the houses on Shandon Park were constructed in the late-1920s and early-1930s with the Edwardian nos 6-8 Shandon Park predating most of the neighbouring dwellings (DIA). Nos 6-8 Shandon Park were originally known as ‘Woodlee’ and were constructed on land owned by William Kerr, a local builder and contractor who resided at Lindesfarne on the Holywood Road. The Annual Revisions record that the semi-detached houses had been completed and occupied by 1906 when they were valued for the first time. No. 6 Shandon Park was initially valued at £33 and was first occupied by O’Connell Shaw, a retired harbour official. In 1911 the census building return described Shaw’s house as a 1st class dwelling that consisted of nine rooms. The semi-detached houses were first depicted on the fourth edition Ordnance Survey map (1920-21) which depicted the pair along their current layouts possessing two-storey rear returns suggesting that no major structural changes have been made to the buildings since the early 20th century. O’Connell continued to reside at Woodlee until his death in 1918. Under the First General Revaluation of Property in Northern Ireland (1936-57) the house was occupied by W. J. McAlister, a local estate agent, and had been increased in valued to £47. McAlister continued to reside at the house until at least the 1970s and was recorded as owner of both buildings by the Second Revaluation (1956-72) which further raised the value of No. 6 Shandon Park to £68. During the Second Survey No. 6 Shandon Park continued to be utilised as a private dwelling. References Primary Sources 1. PRONI OS/6/3/4/1 – First Edition Ordnance Survey map (1834) 2. PRONI OS/6/3/4/2 – Second Edition Ordnance Survey map (1858) 3. PRONI OS/6/3/4/3 – Third Edition Ordnance Survey map (1902) 4. PRONI OS/6/3/4/4 – Fourth Edition Ordnance Survey map (1920-21) 5. PRONI OS/6/3/4/5 – Fifth Edition Ordnance Survey map (1931) 6. PRONI VAL/12/B/43/L/6-11 – Annual Revisions (1906-1930) 7. PRONI VAL/3/C/3/20 – First General Revaluation of Property in Northern Ireland (1936-57) 8. PRONI VAL/4/B/7/30 – Second General Revaluation of Property in Northern Ireland (1956-72) 9. Ulster Town Directories (1901-1943) 10. Census of Ireland (1901; 1911) 11. PRONI Wills Catalogue (5 Jun 1918) Online Resources 1. Dictionary of Irish Architects – http://www.dia.ie/

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

A well-proportioned and detailed building which retains some of its Edwardian character. The house, along with No. 8 Shandon Park adjoining (HB26/11/006B), was constructed in 1906 and the pair were originally known as 'Woodlee'. They pre-date the majority of houses on Shandon Park, which were constructed in the late-1920s and early 1930s. Although of some interest the house has lost much of its original interior and there are better examples of this style listed. It is not considered of special historic or architectural interest.

General Comments

Date of Survey

08 August 2014