Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB20/15/001 C

Address :
Sexton's House 93 Main Street Crumlin Co Antrim BT29 4UU

Townland:
Ballytromery

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Survey 2:
B2

Date of Listing:
02/01/1975 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:
128/9

IG Ref:
J1507 7616

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Owner Category

Church - Presbyterian

Exterior Description And Setting

A gabled 1½ storey building, three bays wide to the main front. Main entrance faces south. South elevation is single storey; roof of Bangor blue slates in regular courses with an angled chimney at each extremity of the ridge. Walls of roughcast render using pebbles and crushed stones; smooth cement borders to extremities; projecting plain cement plinth and eaves course; cast iron gutter with cast iron downpipe to left hand side, but lower portions of downpipe now missing. Central doorway, Gothic arched, with flush timber door incorporating angle-headed glazed panel, set in plain rectangular frame with plain fanlight over. Modern aluminium letterbox. Plain smooth cement surround to doorway. One window to each side of doorway: Gothic arched, set in slightly projecting surrounds; projecting stone cills. Windows timber Gothic arched, vertically hung sliding sash, 2 over 2, with horns and incorporating Gothic arched glazing bars to toplight; exposed sash boxes. Extending to left hand side is a short rib wall which forms a gateway into the side alley between Sexton's House and neighbouring building. Extending to right hand side is a screen wall stepped in two stages, similar finishes as main building, with painted concrete coping. East gable of similar walling to entrance front, with verges of smooth cement render; angled chimney on apex of gable, of roughcast finish with plain projecting course; one modern pot. Two windows at attic level: Gothic arched lancets set in plain surrounds of smooth cement render, with projecting concrete cills. Windows timber vertically hung sliding sash, 2 over 2, with horns; exposed sash boxes. Rear elevation comprises back wall of original gabled block with a flat-roofed return projecting forward. Wall to left of return is roughcast, rendered with wet dash of crushed stones. Roof slated as to front; cast iron gutter and downpipe; one window, rectangular timber, vertically hung, sliding sash, 1 over 1, with horns; exposed sash boxes; plain reveals and projecting stone cill. Rear return has oversailing flat roof with asphalt covering; roughcast walls as previous to rear of main block; cast iron downpipe. Large rectangular window in each floor on east side: modern timber fixed light and casement with fixed and top-hung vents; projecting thin concrete cill. Ground floor window of similar character but incorporates a flush timber door to left hand side. North wall of return is roughcast with rectangular timber window to first floor of similar modern character as previous. West side of rear return built of concrete bricks, exposed at base, but roughly cement rendered to upper portion. Low concrete block link wall extends to left to connect with single storey outbuilding. Rear elevation of main house to right of return: wall of basalt rubble at base, rendered above with roughly finished cement and dry dash of crushed stones; one window, modern rectangular, timber fixed light with top-hung vent set in plain reveals. West gable of main house: basalt boulders and rubble with lime mortar smeared over it, exposed at base, but roughcast rendered to upper portion. Some modern concrete blockwork underpinning at north west corner. Pitch of roof raised at rear where return built up. OUTBUILDING: Standing to rear of house is a small gabled later outbuilding: roof of Bangor blue slates in regular courses with two small rooflights in south side. South elevation has wall rendered with dry dash of stone chippings, overpainted; slightly projecting border to right hand extremity; PVC gutter on wooden fascia; PVC downpipe. Three doorways, rectangular ledged timber in plain reveals; decorative iron hinges to two doors to right. East gable blank, roughly rendered with wet dash of crushed stones; projecting smooth cement render borders to each extremity; painted wooden barge boards with crude angled wooden finial at apex. North elevation is blank wall crudely rendered as on gable, with smooth borders to extremities. Slated roof. West gable of outbuilding built of concrete blocks with original basalt rubble exposed at base of rear wall; upper portion of gable roughly cement rendered. Timber barge boards with plain timber collar. Between main house and outbuilding is a small yard enclosed on east side by roughcast wall, with concrete coping slabs, mounted with a modern iron gate. Yard concreted. Along east side of main block of house is a small flower bed enclosed by a short roughcast wall, concrete coped, separated from main gable by a path of concrete pavoirs. SETTING: The building stands facing the main street but set within the grounds of the Presbyterian church. It forms part of a semi-formal arrangement with the adjacent Session Room on the other side of the main gateway to the church, framing the view of the church itself which is set back from the street front. Main gateway to church grounds has a low curving screen wall, of roughcast with broad concrete copings surmounted by plain modern iron railings, connected to the higher screen wall of the Sexton's House by a short low return wall. Area to side and rear of building covered with lawns.

Architects

Millar, John

Historical Information

Precise date of building not recorded but probably 1839 as it may be taken as contemporary with the Presbyterian Church with which it and the adjacent hall forms a group, and therefore probably by the same architect as the church, John Millar. References - Primary Sources 1. Inscription on arch of doorway of Crumlin Presbyterian Church. 2. OS map 1858, Co Antrim 59 (shows house but not outbuilding). Secondary Sources 1. UAHS, West Antrim (Belfast, 1970), p 8. 2. C.E.B. Brett, Buildings of County Antrim (UAHS, Belfast, 1996), p 54.

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

Evaluation

This is an example of an early 19th century building in Gothic Revival style, which retains most of its exterior features to both the main front and its most visible gable, and also forms part of an attractive group along with the Presbyterian Church and Session Room with which it is associated.

General Comments

Date of Survey

17 March 1999