Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB20/10/002

Address :
Lodge at Fir Grove Belfast Road Moylinny Antrim Co Antrim

Townland:
Moylinny

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:
31/10/1974 00:00:00

Date of De-listing:
08/02/1990 00:00:00

Current Use:
Demolished

Former Use
Gates/ Screens/ Lodges

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
Demolished

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OS Map No:
112/2 NW

IG Ref:
J1638 8578

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

Demolished and the site remains vacant, except for one front boundary pier. It was described in the first survey in 1972 as "A single-storey, three bay lodge with rendered walls and hipped slated roof with modern brick chimney. The front glazed entrance door is flanked either side by two-light margin-paned casement windows. Treillage from widely overhanging eaves. Hipped lean-to accommodation at rear.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

Built as a gate lodge for Fir Grove (HB20/08/053), a house positioned to the south-west, on the other side of the railway line. Precise date of lodge not known but it appears on the OS map of 1857; demolished in 1990s. Fir Grove was reputedly of late 18th century date with mid-19th century, and later, additions; delisted in 1994. References – Primary Sources 1. OS Map 1857, Co Antrim 50. Secondary Sources 1. UAHS, Antrim and Ballymena (Belfast, 1969), p 13. 2. J.A.K. Dean, The Gate Lodges of Ulster (UAHS, Belfast, 1994), p 13.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Demolished and the site remains vacant.

General Comments

Date of Survey

20 February 2000