Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB26/10/002 F

Address :
374 Beersbridge Road Belfast County Antrim BT5 5DZ

Townland:
BALLYHACKAMORE

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Survey 2:
B2

Date of Listing:
31/10/1984 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:
130/14

IG Ref:
J3670 7384

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Owner Category

Exterior Description And Setting

Semi-detached two-bay two-storey Scrabo sandstone cottage with half-hipped natural slate roof, dated 1880 most likely by architects Young & Mackenzie. Rectangular plan form facing south with entrance canopy to east side elevation and single-storey returns to rear. Forming part of a row of three pairs of semi-detached cottages to the north of Beersbridge road. Half-hipped natural slate roof with projecting eaves, original shared redbrick chimneystack with corbelled coping and red-clay chimney pots. Front elevation of roof has exposed rafters, bracketed ogee-moulded cast-iron guttering and circular cast-iron downpipes. East side of roof has exposed purlins, angled red-clay hip-tiles and fleur-de-lis shaped clay finial. Stone walling laid in un-coursed rock-faced Scrabo sandstone with stone-cut plinth course, continuous stone-cut sill to first floor and windows are flanked by stone dressings on painted sills. The front elevation has two asymmetrical bays each with a square-headed window to the ground floor and a flat-headed lucarne (dormer built off face of the wall) with a natural slate roof. The square-headed window opes at ground floor have a discharging arch over the lintels with replacement 1/1 double-hung timber sash windows and chamfered horns. Both ground and first floor openings to west bay consist of paired sash windows. The east side elevation has decorative timber barge boards and a projecting entrance canopy with a natural slate hipped roof supported by timber brackets with half-round cast-iron guttering and circular cast-iron downpipes. Replacement half-glazed timber sheeted front door. The entrance is recessed and faces east, opening onto two tiled steps. There is a stone boot scraper built into the wall to the right of the entrance. The square-headed window opes have a discharging arch over the lintels and contain 1/1 double-hung timber sash windows with chamfered horns. East side elevation abutted by a stone wall laid in un-coursed rock-faced Scrabo sandstone with stone-cut plinth course, cut-stone capping and a square-headed door opening with a sheeted timber door leading to back yard. The west side elevation is abutted by adjoining house No 372 (HB26/10/002E). The rear elevation has a red-brick single-storey return to west with pitched slate roof and red-clay angled hip-tiles and is paired with the return of the adjoining house. Although no access to rear was granted, it would appear that there is a modern single-storey extension and a shed to west. The rear elevation has a single dormer window with natural slate roof and angled red-clay hip tiles. A roof light has replaced the dormer window to the east. The site is accessed from the east, off Ravenscroft Avenue and consists of a small garden to the front of the building, enclosed by a hedge, and a yard to the east side with painted metal railings and gate. The rear is enclosed by a rendered wall. Materials: Roof: natural slate RWG: cast iron Walling: red brick Windows: replacement timber sash

Architects

Young & Mackenzie

Historical Information

No. 374 Beersbridge Road, a semi-detached two-storey stone cottage, was constructed in 1880. The cottage, along with the neighbouring nos 364-372 Beersbridge Road (HB26/10/002A-E), were constructed as part of the easterly expansion of the town of Belfast which occurred during the late-Victorian period. Having formerly been characterised by its Georgian townhouses, Belfast’s town centre was redeveloped into a predominantly commercial area by the mid-to-late-nineteenth century. With the continued expansion of the town and the subsequent increase in population, a surge in the construction of new residential streets and terraced dwellings was undertaken in areas outside the town’s former urban boundary. Nos 364-374 Beersbridge Road were most likely designed by Young & Mackenzie, a local partnership that the Dictionary of Irish Architects describes as ‘the most successful architectural practise in Belfast … the leading architects for the Presbyterian Church in the North East [who also] received some of the most important commercial commissions in the city.’ Young & Mackenzie’s papers record that the firm designed five double cottages for the Bloomfield Land & Building Co. Ltd. along the Beersbridge Road (nos 382-400) in 1878; these ten redbrick dwellings were joined by the neighbouring nos 376-380 in 1880. Nos 364-374 Beersbridge Road were also constructed in 1880 for the Bloomfield Land & Building Co. Ltd. and are remarkably similar in design to the cottages designed by Young & Mackenzie. However, nos 364-374 are more impressive, possessing additional dormer windows and built of Scrabo Sandstone. No. 374 Beersbridge Road was first recorded in the valuation sources in 1880 when the Annual Revisions set its rateable value at £15. The building was leased by The Bloomfield Land & Building Co. Ltd., which was formed by the landowning Boyd family in 1874 to secure leases for building projects in the East Belfast townlands of Ballyhackamore and Ballycloughan. The valuations also note that No. 374 Beersbridge Road was also known as ‘Clandeboye Cottage’ and that the first recorded occupant was a Mr. James Roberts. By 1911 Clandeboye Cottage was occupied by Joseph Kincaid, a caulker in the local shipyards. In that year the census building return described Kincaid’s property as a 2nd class dwelling that consisted of six rooms. By the cancellation of the Annual Revisions in 1930 the total rateable value of the cottage remained at £15. However, by the First Revaluation of 1935 the value of the building was increased to £29. In that year the valuer recorded Elizabeth Kincaid as owner of No. 374 Beersbridge Road. Kincaid retained ownership until the end of the Second Revaluation (1956-72) which records that the dwelling was partially converted into a private medical surgery for Dr. Frederick Halliday by 1956. The value of the building had been raised to £100 by the end of the valuation in 1972. No. 374 Beersbridge Road was listed, along with the adjoining cottages, in 1984. By that year the building had returned to its original use as a dwelling and in 1986-87 a major renovation was undertaken during which the roof was reslated, the brickwork of the chimney repointed, and the rainwater goods replaced. References Primary Sources 1. PRONI OS/6/3/4/3 – Third Edition Ordnance Survey map (1901) 2. PRONI D2194/2/2 – Young & Mackenzie Papers (1878) 3. PRONI VAL/12/B/17/2C-2G – Annual Revisions (1879-1897) 4. PRONI VAL/12/B/43/L/1-10 – Annual Revisions (1897-1930) 5. PRONI VAL/3/B/3/11 – First General Revaluation of Property in Northern Ireland (1935) 6. PRONI VAL/4/B/7/25 – Second General Revaluation of Property in Northern Ireland (1956-72) 7. Ulster Town Directories (1877-1943) 8. Census of Ireland (1901; 1911) 9. First Survey Record – HB26/10/002 (1984) 10. First Survey Image – HB26/10/002 (No Date) 11. NIEA HB Records– HB26/10/002F Online Resources 1. Dictionary of Irish Architects website - http://www.dia.ie/

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

A. Style B. Proportion C. Ornamentation D. Plan Form H-. Alterations detracting from building I. Quality and survival of Interior J. Setting K. Group value

Historic Interest

R. Age S. Authenticity V. Authorship X. Local Interest

Evaluation

Handsome, semi-detached two-bay two-storey Scrabo sandstone house with half-hipped natural slate roof, dated 1880 most likely by architects Young & Mackenzie. Rectangular plan form facing south with entrance canopy to east side elevation and single-storey returns to rear. The exterior has retained its historic character, style and proportions and the building forms part of a row of three semi-detached cottages to the north of Beersbridge Road, listed HB26/10/002 B-E.

General Comments

Date of Survey

15 January 2014