Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB26/36/001 I

Address :
292 Tennent Street Belfast Co Antrim BT13 3GG

Townland:
Town Parks

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:
20/06/1984 00:00:00

Date of De-listing:
21/08/2015 00:00:00

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:
130-09SW

IG Ref:
J3225 7553

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Owner Category

Exterior Description And Setting

An asymmetrical, two-bay, two-storey-with-attic terraced brick house with dormer and canted-bay windows, constructed between 1907-09 and located to the west side of Tennent Street, in the Shankill area of Belfast. Facing east and rectilinear on plan with a two-storey, gabled return. A single-storey, lean-to extension to previous yard area at rear and further addition of lean-to conservatory across rear (west) elevation (of no interest). Pitched, red tile roof with roll-moulded clay ridge tiles; single replacement brick chimney with small clay pots. uPVC rainwater goods throughout, except for cast iron downpipe to main elevation. Decorative cast iron hopper to left of east elevation. Dormer window to attic; timber surrounds, clay-tile cheeks and replacement window; central skylight to rear. Walling is Flemish bonded brick to ground floor, painted roughcast render to first floor; painted brick plinth to canted bay-window. English Garden Wall bonded brick to the rear; roughcast render to first floor to main rear elevation; decorative terracotta vents throughout. uPVC replacement windows with flat arch heads and offset brick sills; some concrete sill to rear. Principal elevation is two openings wide at ground floor; white uPVC and front door with segmental-arch chamfered rebated surround, surmounted by timber canopy on timber brackets, having lean-to clay-tile roof; decorative lead flashing. Canted bay-window to right with hipped roof of clay-tiles. First floor features central uPVC casement window, devoid of previous timber shutters. The south elevation is abutted by the adjoining terrace (HB26/36/001H). Rear (west) elevation; abutted by two-storey return. South cheek is blank; west gable end has central window above re-slated, lean-to single-storey brick structure (formerly the coal shed). First floor windows to left cheek of return and main rear elevation. Single-storey lean-to extension over previous yard area at rear; extended to west by conservatory which extends across full length of rear elevation. The north elevation is abutted by the adjoining terrace (HB26/36/001J). Setting Located on the western side of Tennent Street, between Crumlin and Shankill Roads. Small, newly paved garden with rebuilt, half-height brick wall and replacement timber gate to the east along Tennent Street; long, narrow garden plot at rear, running west to boundary wall. A paved walkway extends along rear of all properties in terrace, between garden plots and rear of buildings but has been sealed with locked gates to the south. Mixed use business park and apartment complex to west, on site of former Edenderry Spinning Mill. Crumlin Road Presbyterian Church (HB26/36/009) located to the north-east on the corner of Crumlin Road and Tennent Street. Roof Clay tiles RWG Cast iron, uPVC Walling Brick, roughcast Windows uPVC

Architects

Hill & Kennedy

Historical Information

Constructed as a part of Edenderry Terrace, the building first appears on the fourth edition OS map (1920-31) on a previously undeveloped site, which formed part of Edenderry flax spinning mill complex. Prior to construction the area had developed rapidly during the mid 19th century as a consequence of the thriving linen industry and the expanding industrial workforce. Erected between 1907-09 the building forms part of a residential terrace, which was built in stages over this period of time and comprises houses of similar design (HB File). This is confirmed by the Annual Revisions (1906-15) in which the house and yard were added in 1909 at a value of £14 and occupied by a James McGrughey. The house is first listed as No.2 ‘Edenderry Gardens’ in the 1910 Street Directory but in the following decades it became renumbered as part of Tennent Street. Prior to the building and sanitation regulations of the late 19th century, houses were often shared by a number of families, with no drainage, water supply or rear access, meaning waste from the privy and ash pit was carried through the scullery (Wiener). Constructed by the Edenderry Spinning Company, this house stands as a representative of the design ethos associated with early 20th century terrace housing; intended for occupation by one family with the provision of a rear yard accessible by a passage at the front, a number of sizable windows on the main elevation and the modern amenities of the time. The house and terrace were built to the designs of the Belfast-based architectural partnership, Robert Hill and Edwin Kennedy (DIA). Constructed toward the end of the city’s second great building phase the house demonstrates detailing from the Arts and Crafts movement, including dormers, bay windows, roughcast and irregular rooflines (HB File; Larmour). The building remained under ownership of Edenderry Spinning Company until at least 1972 (second General Revaluations (1956-72). The Spinning Company continued to operate on the site to the rear of the property until 1988 and the area has since become an industrial park (Street Directories). The HB File notes some late 20th century repairs and alterations. References Primary Sources 1. PRONI OS/6/1/60/1 First Edition Os Map (1832-33) 2. PRONI OS/6/1/60/2 Second Edition OS Map (1857) 3. PRONI OS/6/1/60/3 Third Edition OS Map (1901) 4. PRONI OS/6/1/60/4 Fourth Edition OS Map (1920-31) 5. PRONI OS/6/1/60/5 Fifth Edition OS Map (1920-38) 6. PRONI VAL/12/B/43/M/3 - Annual Revisions (1906-15) 7. PRONI VAL/12/B/43/M/6- Annual Revisions (1916-30) 8. PRONI VAL/3/B/3/16- First General Revaluation (1935) 9. PRONI VAL/4/B/7/35- Second General Revaluation (1956-72) 10. Belfast and Ulster Street Directories (1902-1990) 11. Census of Ireland (1911) 12. HB File (HB/26/36/001 I) Secondary Sources 1. Larmour, P “Belfast, An Illustrated Architectural Guide” Friars Bush Press, Belfast (1987) 2. Wiener, R “The Rape and Plunder of the Shankill” Farset Co-operative Press Ltd, Belfast, 1978 (2nd ed 1980). 3. www.dia.ie - Dictionary of Irish Architects online

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Three-storey, single-bay terraced house of brick construction, dating from 1907-09. Designed by the architectural firm Hill and Kennedy, the building forms part of a group with the other houses in the terrace (HB26/36/001A-J), built by the Edenderry Spinning Company, which was located to the west of the site. The group as a whole has suffered from inappropriate incremental changes. Although of significance in that they demonstrate key elements pertaining to the Arts and Crafts movement at the time with varied detailing and roofline, their interest has been seriously compromised by loss of historic fabric and detailing and they are no longer of special architectural or historic interest.

General Comments

Date of Survey

18 September 2012