Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB02/12/009 A

Address :
7 Main Street Limavady Co Londonderry BT49 OEP

Townland:
Newtown Limavady

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Survey 2:
B2

Date of Listing:
28/03/1975 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:
29/5 NE

IG Ref:
C6695 2314

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

An Edwardian terrace of three two storey brick houses with slate roofs, one roof light each and brick chimneys. The terrace is on the south side of Main Street near the south west end, and is flanked by lower two storey rendered buildings and a three storey Georgian terrace. Each house has an entrance door in the north east side, with rectangular fanlight window above. Two, two pane sash windows are to the south west, with two similar directly above. A band of blue brick runs between the heads of the windows and fanlight along the ground floor of the terrace. A similar band runs between windows at first floor. Each opening has a blue brick keystone. At eaves level the ogee gutter is held up by a continuous decorated brick cornice. To the rear each building has a small return with lean-to slate roof. All sashes to the rear have four panes. The return to number 11 is rendered and slightly enlarged. Its end aligns with the back of the much wider Georgian house next door.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

A row of thatched houses is indicated on the 1830 Ordnance Survey Map. The 1848 map notes that the yard to the rear is held in ‘common’ with houses on Linenhall Street. The grandfather of the owner of No. 11 built the terraced row. Ownership of all three houses is still in the family. A photograph of the thatched houses pre 1904 can be seen in Limavady and the Roe Valley by Rev T H Mullin. Reference Primary Sources: OS Map 'Newtown Limavady' enlarged from 1st Edition Map (1831) PRONI: Val 2D/5/4 & T2933/4/126 OS Map 'Newtown Limavady' (1848 revision with notes of 1858 valuation) PRONI: 058/120/1/1 & T2933/3/140 OS Map ' Town of Limavady' (1895) PRONI:Val 2D/5/4 & 293/4/261 OS Map ' Town of Limavady' (1907) PRONI:058/120/2/3 Secondary Sources D Girvan, 'The Buildings of north Derry' UAHS 1975 p9 TH Mullan 'Limavady and the Roe Valley' Limavady Council 1983 p75 Occupant of No11.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

A. Style B. Proportion C. Ornamentation D. Plan Form

Historic Interest

X. Local Interest

Evaluation

A neat well maintained row of terraced houses from the turn of the 20th century which fit well into the rising street-scape of Main Street Limavady.

General Comments

Date of Survey

17 December 1997