Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB17/03/032

Address :
42 Main St Scarva Craigavon Co Down BT63 6LS

Townland:
Monclone

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Survey 2:
B2

Date of Listing:
25/10/1977 00:00:00

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
House - Terrace

Former Use
House - Terrace

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
220/10

IG Ref:
J0643 4368

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

A two-storey four-bay mid-terrace townhouse pre-dating 1830; rectangular plan form with rear return. Located centrally in the village on the east side of Main Street. Pitched natural slate roofing with clay ridge tiles; cast-iron rainwater goods; cement rendered chimneys with tall octagonal moulded clay pots. Dry-dashed rendered walling with cement plinth and quoins. 1/1 double-glazed timber sliding sash windows (casements to rear); masonry cills. Replacement timber front door. The principal elevation faces west and is asymmetrically arranged. The front door is located left of centre; single window to the left; two windows to the right. The first floor comprises four symmetrical wall headed dormer windows with decorative timber barge boards surmounted by clay finials. The left gable is abutted by 40 Main Street. (HB17/03/031). The rear elevation is asymmetrically arranged. Two-storey subservient rear return to the left bay with tall chimneystack at the gable end. Replacement timber casement windows throughout. View largely obscured. The right gable is abutted by St Matthew’s Parochial Hall. (HB17/03/033). Setting The building is part of a continuous terrace running the full length of the east side of Main Street. Heavily vegetated embankment to the rear. Opposite the house is Scarva Canal Bridge (HB17/03/036). Roofing : Natural slate Walling: Dry dash Windows: Timber RWG: Cast-iron

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

The building is of late eighteenth/early nineteenth century date but remodelled in the early twentieth century, originally lime-rendered and likely to be one of the earlier buildings in Scarva. The building, which served for some years as a public house and was later a teacher’s residence, has evolved over time to present a Victorian appearance. The village of Scarva was founded, beside the newly-opened Newry Canal, in 1746 by John Reilly of Scarva House and the earliest buildings in the town are likely to be those nearest the bridge, the town extending northwards from this point during the course of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The impetus for building the town came from the opening of the Newry Canal in 1742 to connect Carlingford Lough with Lough Neagh, principally as a means to bring coal from east Tyrone to Dublin speedily and inexpensively. (McCutcheon) John Reilly, the founder of the town, procured a patent for holding fairs and markets, in anticipation of building the town, and to build a small dock and quay. Taylor and Skinner’s 1777 map of Scarva shows that the early development of the town was concentrated around the bridge over the canal. The 1797 Topographica Hibernica describes Scarva as a ‘small neat village’ with a large ‘salt work’. Fairs were held four times a year. Capper’s Topographical Dictionary gives the population of Scarva in 1829 as 170 living in 33 houses. By 1875 traffic along the Newry Canal was bringing cargoes of turf to Scarva, using the dock and quay for lighters but the market was no longer being held. (Knox) The population remained reasonably steady over the course of the nineteenth century and in 1910 was 157. (Street Directory) A house is shown on the site on the 1st edition OS map of 1834 and is listed in the Townland Valuation of 1828-40 as a house and yard occupied by Robert Taylor and valued at £4. Griffith’s Valuation lists the house, office and small garden as a public house owned by JT Reilly and leased to Robert Grant. The valuation is £5 and dimensions are given for a two-storey slated house and a 2-storey thatched outbuilding. The rent is £6. Subsequent occupiers are Eliza Grant (1874) Andrew McClelland (1882) Joseph Barrett (1890), who became in the owner in fee in 1895 and Susan Barrett (1921). The 1901 census records the occupier as Fermanagh-born Joseph Barrett, schoolmaster at the neighbouring Church Education Society school who was living with his wife, a schoolmistress, and two children. The family kept a 14-year-old general domestic servant. In 1911 Joseph Barrett was still the resident schoolmaster, although his wife no longer worked at the school. Their son had now left home, only the unmarried daughter remaining. A photograph of the house dating from 1910 shows the house as a simple limewashed two-storey building with what appear to be the remnants of the wrought iron pub sign attached to the facade. Remodelling subsequently took place to give the upper storey a row of dormer windows. (Young and Quail) In 1933/4 the occupier was former schoolmistress Susan Barrett. The house was revalued at £10 and had a kitchen, two reception rooms, three bedrooms and a WC. The rent was 8s per week plus taxes. The building remains a dwelling. References: Primary Sources 1. PRONI OS/6/3/33/1 First Edition OS Map 1834 2. PRONI OS/6/3/33/2 Second Edition OS map 1860 3. PRONI OS/6/3/33/3 Third Edition OS Map 1903 4. PRONI OS/6/3/33/4 Fourth Edition OS Map 1903-18 5. PRONI VAL/2/B/3/55D Griffith’s Valuation (1856-64) 6. PRONI VAL/12/B/16/22A-D Annual Revisions (1864-1929) 7. PRONI VAL/3/C/4/3 First General Revaluation (1936-57) 8. Taylor and Skinner’s Map of the Roads of Ireland, 1777 9. Capper, B.P. “A Topographical Dictionary of England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland” London: Sir Richard Phillips and Co, 1829 10. Seward, W W “Topographica Hibernica” Dublin, 1797 11. Young, A F and Quail, D “Old Gilford, Scarva, Loughbrickland and Lawrencetown” Stenlake Publishing, 2002 12. Street Directory, 1910 13. Banbridge Chronicle 26th July 1978 Secondary Sources 1. Day, A. and P. McWilliams, eds. “OS Memoirs of Ireland, Parishes of County Down III, 1833-8, Vol. 12.” Belfast: Institute of Irish Studies, 1992. 2. Knox, Alexander, M.D. “A History of the County of Down” Dublin: Hodges, Foster & Co, 1875 3. McCutcheon, W.A. “The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland,” London: HMSO, 1980. 4. Shaffrey, P and M “Buildings of Irish Towns – Treasures of Everyday Architecture” Dublin: O’Brien, 1983 5. Young, A F and Quail, D “Old Gilford, Scarva, Loughbrickland and Lawrencetown” Stenlake Publishing, 2002

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

A. Style B. Proportion C. Ornamentation D. Plan Form H-. Alterations detracting from building

Historic Interest

X. Local Interest

Evaluation

A two-storey four-bay mid-terrace townhouse pre-dating 1830. The style and proportions from the early 20th century modifications survive although later changes have resulted in loss of historic detailing. However, it is a development of one of the earlier buildings in Scarva and represents its early history and its evolution to its current appearance is of interest. Also of note is its changing use, once a public house and later a teacher's dwelling.

General Comments

Date of Survey

08 November 2011