Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB17/03/069

Address :
House 95m East of 21 Drummiller Lane, Gilford County Down BT63 6BS

Townland:
Drummiller

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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:
Yes

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
Yes

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OS Map No:
220/10 NE

IG Ref:
J0714 4455

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Owner Category

Exterior Description And Setting

Pre-1830s, hearth-lobby single-storey vernacular dwelling on elevated rural site north of Glenloughan Road and accessed directly from Drummiller Lane, approximately 1.1km NE Scarva. House is constructed generally of rubble stone with sand/cement dry dash render to all elevations. 3No windows to S elevation are single glazed with steel frame & casements, 2No windows to N elevation are single glazed timber sliding sash. East gable has 2No windows at high level either side of chimney breast and appear to be timber sliding sash. All elevations are heavily overgrown. A low wing wall with render matching house extends S from SE corner. Roof is painted Corrugated Iron sheeting with matching ridge. Roof over G02 has partially collapsed, however it would appear that this section did not have attic accommodation. Only one chimney is extant, the top of which is heavily overgrown and flue terminal was not visible at time of survey. SETTING 3 roomed dwelling with attic on elevated rural site north of Glenloughan Road and accessed directly from Drummiller Lane. The house sits at N end of site, with adjacent block-built outbuildings in ruinous state to S with paddock beyond. Dwelling is end on to Drummiller Lane, is dilapidated and overgrown but appears to have a part dry-dash part rendered façade, Corrugated iron roof and a mixture of timber sash and metal window frames. MATERIALS walls - rubble stone with sand/cement dry dash render roof - Corrugated Iron sheet with matching ridge windows - single glazed steel frame & casements to S, single glazed timber sliding sash to N & E RWGs - none

Architects

Historical Information

A building of similar size and plan, that may correspond in part to the present house and outbuilding is shown on this site on the OS map of 1835. Unfortunately, the structure is not recorded in the near contemporary first valuation of Aghaderg parish. The hand-annotated OS map that accompanies the n the second valuation of c.1861 shows a boundary line between neighbouring plots that appears to be running through the building, suggesting that the latter may have been split into two dwellings, though given the small scale of the map, it is difficult to say whether this was indeed the case or not or whether the line was simply clumsily (and therefore inaccurately) drawn. If indeed there were two properties at that date, then according to the valuation book that to the western side (which appears to have been the smaller house), was occupied Roddy Magee, with that to the east in the hands of William White, with both holding a lease from the Rev. George H. McDowell Johnson, and their homes possessing the low rateable values of 10s and £1 respectively. The smaller property seems to have remained with Mr Magee until in or shortly before 1901, when it transferred to John Doyle and was reported as ‘ruins’. The census of the same year lists what we must assume to be the neighbouring house as still occupied by William White, a 72yr-old farmer, who was living there with his unmarried daughter, Susanna, with their home itself noted as a ‘2nd class’ thatched dwelling with two windows in front and three rooms. The property passed to Joseph White in c.1910, who had acquired the freehold from 1922. By 1956 it had been acquired by William Wootton, with Margaret Wootton listed as the owner in 1958 and Dominic Small by 1964. Mr. Small was still living there in 1972. Judging from the present condition of the building (May 2022) it would appear to have abandoned in the later 1970s or in the 1980s. References – Primary sources 1 OS map six-inch county series, Down sheet 33 – 1833, 1860, 1903-04, 1954-55 2 PRONI VAL/2B/3/42 Second valuation, Aghaderg parish – c.1861 3 PRONI VAL12B/16/22A-D Annual valuation revision books, Scarva ED – 1864-1929 4 Census of Ireland – 1901 (online at National Archives: Census of Ireland 1901/1911) 5 PRONI VAL4B/3/5 Second general revaluation of Northern Ireland, Scarva ED – 1965-72

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Pre-1830s, hearth-lobby single-storey vernacular dwelling on elevated site north of Glenloughan Road and accessed directly from Drummiller Lane, approximately 1.1km NE Scarva. The house sits at N end of site, with adjacent block built outbuildings in ruinous state to S with paddock beyond. Dwelling is end-on to Drummiller Lane and is dilapidated and overgrown. Remains of thatch are no longer in place, now collapsed on ground. Insufficient original historic fabric and detailing remains to meet the criteria for listing.

General Comments

Date of Survey

05 May 2022