Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB26/01/080

Address :
46 Hampton Park BELFAST BT7 3JP

Townland:
Galwally

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Survey 2:
B1

Date of Listing:
07/12/2017 00:00:00

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:
147/5

IG Ref:
J3453 7057

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Owner Category

Exterior Description And Setting

Two-storey detached Arts and Craft house, designed in 1909 by Kendrick Edwards (a local architect formerly form Liverpool), for himself. Set in a large secluded and mature site in Hampton Park, a residential cul-de-sac laid out between 1892 and 1910 on what were previously the grounds of Annadale, a dwelling of pre-1833 construction. The house is characterised by an asymmetric floor plan, complicated roof slopes, intricate detailing both externally and internally and the use of roughcast render and stone slates. Materials Walls: original large smooth rounded pebble roughcast painted render. Windows: mainly single-glazed leaded lights set within painted timber sub-frames - opening lights are steel. Roof: Rare, thick stone slates laid in diminishing courses. RWGs : Cast metal with cast iron decorative hoppers. Front Elevation (N) The front elevation faces North and comprises two projecting gabled bays – the smaller one to the right containing the recessed front door with a canted staircase window above. The front door, raised up 4 steps, has multiple small panes to the upper panel with similar side lights. The open porch has a projecting roof and is supported on large carved brackets. The larger bay has a projecting curved multi-paned window with leaded lights and a dentilled cornice. There are two ornate cast iron rain water hoppers beside the staircase window – one dated 1910 is supported on curved straps with tulip motifs. Variations of this motif are found throughout the design. The roof has exposed rafter ends and three unusual large rendered chimney stacks, the front one paired, with pulvinated cornices – this cushion-like detail is used in joinery throughout the interior. The most striking feature of the roof are the thick brown roof slates laid in diminishing courses (unusual for Northern Ireland). Side Elevation (W) The side elevation facing West, has one large gabled face with a curved projecting window on the ground floor, similar to the one at the front with a smaller but similar window above. On the left is another ornate cast iron hopper. The gable has projecting shaped purlin ends. Rear Elevation (S) The rear elevation facing South, has a single-storey flat-roofed sunroom to the left with more modern detailing. It is not known when it was constructed, but a room of this design was shown as an addition on the original architect’s drawings. Immediately to the right are a small window and double doors that were a change to the original design. The small window now illuminates a side room off the lounge which was originally accessed from the exterior and intended for bicycles. The double doors are new and a small pantry inside, which served the dining room, has been removed. This dining room has a large curved projecting bay window similar to the ones on the front and side already described. To the right is a modern flat roofed projecting sunroom – similarly detailed to the one at the other side of this elevation. The first floor roof slopes down to the top of the ground floor and contains two projecting flat roofed dormers – all with leaded lights. East Elevation (E) The other side elevation facing East, is accessed from the rear through a timber gate similar to one on the West facade - these may well be original as they are carefully detailed with curved top members. The roof, complete with exposed rafter ends, curves around from the front and rear covering the projecting ground floor. There are 4 rectangular windows of varying sizes to the ground floor as well as a door and above in a gable are two small windows. There are two sets of widened vehicular entrances with modern steel gates and fluted reconstituted stone caps. A random rubble stone wall with modern steel railings above connects these entrances. The site is spacious with many mature trees and shrubs and a sweeping driveway to the front door from each of the entrances. There is a large stone flagged patio to the rear where steps lead down to an extensive grassed garden. To the immediate East is a modern flat-roofed double garage of little interest.

Architects

Edwards, Kendrick

Historical Information

Background – Hampton Park lies within what were previously the grounds of Annadale, a dwelling of pre-1833 construction, one of the several small semi-rural gentlemans’ residences that characterised the Ormeau and Ravenhill areas before the spread of suburban growth in the late Victorian and Edwardian periods. The house itself located just south of the present Mornington Place with its extensive grounds stretching from the present Ormeau Road to the Lagan and taking in all of what is now between Annadale Avenue / Annadale embankment in the north and Hampton Park in the south. Sometime around 1890 a large chunk of the southern half this land was acquired by Isaac Hampton and ‘desirable villa and terrace sites’ (on leases ‘for ever’) began to be advertised in 1892. By 1900 6 properties had been constructed on this plot, including Hampton’s own residence – ‘Eagle Hall’ – on the site of what is now Lowry Court. No.46 - originally known as ‘The Leete’ - was built in 1910 to a design by its original occupant, Kendrick Edwards, the original plans captioned ‘Residence Hampton Park Belfast, for Mrs. Kendrick Edwards’. Edwards (1874-1943) was a Liverpool-born architect who served an engineering apprenticeship in his home city under C.E. Williams. After working for Braby & Co. of Glasgow on various projects, including the Mail Packet Pier at Dun Laoghaire, in 1898 he was appointed chief of drawing-office staff in the engineering firm of Musgrave & Co in Belfast. He set up his own practice in Belfast in 1907, initially as a consulting engineer, engaging mainly in industrial and commercial work, however he was responsible for the design of several dwelling houses, notably Strathearn, no.124 Malone Road built 1920, now demolished), and no.6 New Forge Lane (1924). In the 1911 census, Mr Edwards is recorded as living at No.46 with his wife, Gertrude, their son, Cyril, and a domestic servant, Catherine Murphy, with the house itself noted as containing 14 rooms ‘occupied’ by the family. After his death in 1943 the property passed to Cyril Edwards, who was still in residence in 1967, with the present owners acquiring the property before 1980. The date (or dates) of the relatively minor changes to the rear end ground floor of the ground floor is uncertain. They may have been carried out c.1970s-80s. References – Primary sources 1 PRONI VAL12B/43K/4, annual valuation revision book, 1906-15 2 Original plans of house, c.1910 (in possession of house owner) 3 ‘Belfast and Province of Ulster Street Directory’, (Belfast News-Letter, Belfast), various dates from 1910 to 1996 4 Census of Ireland, 1911 [online] 5 OS maps, 1931, 1938, 1956, 1967

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

A. Style B. Proportion C. Ornamentation D. Plan Form G. Innovatory Qualities I. Quality and survival of Interior J. Setting

Historic Interest

R. Age S. Authenticity V. Authorship X. Local Interest

Evaluation

A very fine example of a two-storey, detached, Arts and Craft house, designed in 1909 by Kendrick Edwards a local architect, formerly from Liverpool. Commissioned by the architect himself, as his own residence, it is set in a large secluded and mature site in Hampton Park; a residential cul-de-sac laid out between 1892 and 1910, on what were previously the grounds of Annadale,(a house of pre-1833 construction). The house is characterised by an asymmetric floor plan, complicated roof slopes and intricate detailing both externally and internally; the use of very course roughcast render and very unusual stone slates, laid in diminishing courses, are notable. Internally the floor plan is largely intact and includes a wealth of high quality Arts and Crafts detailing. The house is enhanced by the spacious and mature gardens on all sides and is located beside another listed Arts and Crafts house Tudor Lodge, (HB26.01.034).

General Comments

Date of Survey

07 June 2017