Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB01/07/002

Address :
Bay View House 4 Clooney Road Londonderry Co. Londonderry BT47 6TB

Townland:
Caw

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Survey 2:
B1

Date of Listing:
26/02/1979 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:
37-1NW

IG Ref:
C4560 1783

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Owner Category

Exterior Description And Setting

A Victorian gothic style three-bay one-and-a-half storey detached villa (with some sections two and two-and-a-half storey) built c.1864. Rectangular on plan, facing south-west and set within mature landscaped grounds on the north side of the Clooney Road, accessed from Bayview Gardens which has a number of recently constructed three -storey apartments along the approach to the house. Steeply pitched natural slate roof with black clay ridge tiles, lead valleys and scalloped timber bargeboards with timber finials. Deep overhanging eaves with cast iron rainwater goods. Two smooth rendered painted finish chimneys mid-ridge centred on front elevation with octagonal clay pots. Smooth render painted finish walls with (painted) sandstone ashlar quoins, hood moulds and block surrounds to windows. Windows are 2/2 timber sliding sash to ground floor and 1/1 timber sliding sash to upper floors unless otherwise noted. Principal (south-west) elevation has a central two-storey pitched roof entrance porch with single-storey two-stage setback buttresses at external corners. Gothic arched door opening with moulded plaster surround containing a four-panelled timber door two steps up from ground level with single-pane gothic arched overlight on timber cornice. Moulded string course at first floor level surmounted by paired gothic-arched 1/1 timber sliding sash windows resting on a double stepped cill supported on three moulded corbels. Entrance door and first floor windows are all set within a gothic-arched recess. Left and right cheeks have a single 1/1 timber sliding sash window to each floor. Entrance porch is flanked at ground floor by two windows to left with continuous hood mould and to right by a single-storey canted flat roofed bay comprising a 2/2 timber sliding sash window to front with decorative timber head screen and 1/1 timber sliding sash windows to splayed sides. Entrance porch is flanked to each side at first floor by a wall head gabled dormer with paired round-arched 1/1 timber sliding sash windows resting on a single continuous cill supported on three moulded corbels. North-west elevation overlooking Rosses Bay and the Foyle Bridge is five-bays wide with a slightly recessed central bay flanked to each side by two-bay wide gables (central bay and right gable are two-storey, left gable is two-and-a-half storey). First floor windows to gabled bays have plaster band surrounds with blocks and keystones to heads. Deep moulded plinth has small floor vents within circular recesses. Central bay comprises a square-headed window to ground floor with moulded surround and hood mould surmounted by a single segmental-arched 2/2 timber sliding sash window with plain surround to first floor. Left gable comprises a projecting single-storey flat roofed square bay to right and a segmental-arched 2/2 timber sliding sash window to left, all surmounted by two segmental-arched 2/2 timber sliding sash windows to first floor and paired gothic-arched 1/1 timber sliding sash windows to second floor. Square bay comprises paired segmental-arched 1/1 timber sliding sash windows to front with a single round-arched 1/1 timber sliding sash window to each cheek, all resting on a continuous cill course. Right gable is symmetrical and comprises a projecting single-storey flat roofed canted bay surmounted by two paired round-arched 1/1 timber sliding sash windows to first floor with plain pedimented hood banding. To apex is a blind narrow pointed opening with plain blocked surround. Canted bay comprises a single square-headed 1/1 timber sliding sash window to front with a single square-headed 1/1 timber sliding sash window to each cheek, all resting on a continuous cill course. Central chimney left of centre on ridge matches chimneys to front elevation with painted smooth plaster finish and octagonal clay pots. Rear (north-east) elevation is abutted by a two-bay two-and-a-half storey gabled return to left and a three-bay two-storey return to right parallel to the front block. A single-storey flat roofed infill extension is located at the re-entrant angle and is of little interest. Return to left is abutted by the extension to ground floor and has two segmental-arched 1/1 timber sliding sash windows to first floor and a narrow gothic-arched 1/1 timber sliding sash window to apex at second floor. Left cheek is blank and right cheek is fully abutted by return to right. Return to right has three equally spaced segmental-arched window openings to each floor. All window openings have segmental-arched 1/1 timber sliding sash windows except for the central opening to ground floor and first floor far right which are blind openings. Ground floor window to left has a metal bar security grill. Left cheek is abutted by the left return to the left and by the extension to ground floor right. Exposed section to right is gabled and has two segmental-arched window openings to first floor with plain surrounds and hood banding. Opening to left has a segmental-arched 1/1 timber sliding sash window while that to right is blind. Second floor has a central pair of gothic-arched 1/1 timber sliding sash windows with plain surround and pedimented hood banding. Right cheek has been described as part of the north-west elevation. South-east gabled side elevation is symmetrical and comprises two square-headed 2/2 timber sliding sash windows to ground floor with decorative timber head screens, moulded surrounds and hood moulds. First floor has two paired round-arched 1/1 timber sliding sash windows with plain pedimented hood banding. To apex is a blind narrow pointed opening with plain blocked surround. Setting: Set within mature landscaped grounds on the north side of the Clooney Road, accessed from Bayview Gardens which has a number of recently constructed three-storey apartments along the approach to the house. Modern housing developments have encroached on its original landscaped grounds. Its former gate lodge has been retained at the junction with Clooney Road, however it now forms part of a suburban development and its historic link to the house is now not immediately evident. Materials: Roof Natural Slate RWG Cast-iron Walling Smooth render painted Windows Timber Sliding Sash

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

Bay View House is one of a number of houses from the Victorian and Edwardian periods on Clooney Road. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (1858) the property was in the possession of Rev. Alexander Buchanan. The house on this property was called Sea View and it stood a short distance from the site that would be occupied by Bay View. Around 1860 John Hamilton acquired this property and began to build a new house. The Valuation Revision Books include an annotation made in 1863: ‘Value new house in 1864 at about £65’. In fact, when it came to assigning a valuation the buildings were valued at £70. John Hamilton died on 5 December 1879, leaving an estate valued at under £9,000. The property remained in the possession of the Hamilton family for some decades after that. In 1901 William Hamilton, a retired merchant, headed the household. The House and Building Return noted that there were ten windows in the front of the house and twelve rooms in occupation. In 1911 the head of the household was William’s widow, Jane Johnston Hamilton. The House and Building Return again noted that there were ten windows in the front of the house, but at this date there were thirteen rooms in occupation. In the 1930s the house was in the occupation of Jane Elliott. By the early 1940s the house had come into the possession of the Lynch family. In 1980 the property was owned by the Western Education and Library Board and was being used as a Youth Service Training Centre. Proposals from 1992 to extend and refurbish the building do not seem to have been undertaken. By 2005 it was owned by a firm of property developers and since then a housing development has been built on the adjoining ground. References Primary sources 1. PRONI, Griffith’s Valuation, 1858 2. PRONI, Valuation map, c. 1908–c.1918, VAL/12/D/5/14D (based on Ordnance Survey map published in 1907) 3. PRONI, Valuation index map, [c.1873]-1910, VAL/12/E/157/2 4. PRONI, Valuation Revision Books, 1860-1930, VAL/12/B/32/14A-K 5. PRONI, First Northern Ireland General Revaluation Books: Annual Revision Lists, 1936-57 – VAL/3/C/6/9 6. PRONI, Ordnance Survey map, 1933, OS/6/5/14/4 7. PRONI, Ordnance Survey map, 1954, OS/6/5/14/5 8. PRONI, Ordnance Survey map, 1964, OS/6/5/14/6 9. NIEA, First Survey Card 10. NIEA, HB Records Secondary sources 1. Daniel Calley, City of Derry: An Historical Gazetteer to the Buildings of Londonderry (Belfast: Ulster Architectural Heritage Society, 2013) Online sources 1. 1901 and 1911 census returns: www.census.nationalarchives.ie 2. PRONI, Will Calendars: www.proni.gov.uk

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

A. Style B. Proportion C. Ornamentation D. Plan Form I. Quality and survival of Interior J. Setting K. Group value

Historic Interest

R. Age S. Authenticity T. Historic Importance X. Local Interest

Evaluation

A Victorian gothic style three-bay one-and-a-half storey detached rendered villa, built c.1864. Rectangular on plan, facing south-west and set within mature landscaped grounds on the north side of the Clooney Road. The property was owned by the Western Education and Library Board in the 1980s and for a time was used as a Youth Service Training Centre. The property was vacant by 2005 and since then a housing development has been constructed which encroaches on the original demesne. Its former gate lodge has been retained at the junction with Clooney Road, however it now forms part of a suburban development and its historic link to the house is now not immediately evident. Although the setting has been compromised, that which remains is of interest. It is a noteworthy example of its type and illustrates the growth of the city during the 19th century. Although the house has been slightly altered, it retains its original proportions to each elevation and the architectural detailing is of good quality.

General Comments

Date of Survey

17 September 2014