Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB01/19/026 B

Address :
11 Shipquay Street Londonderry County Londonderry BT48 6DE

Townland:
Londonderry

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Survey 2:
B2

Date of Listing:
26/02/1979 00:00:00

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Bank

Former Use
Bank

Conservation Area:
Yes

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
36 8NW

IG Ref:
C4350 1670

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Owner Category

Exterior Description And Setting

Early 19th Century four-storey two-bay smooth rendered painted Georgian-style house, storeys of dimishing scale set within terrace row, similar to no. 13 adjacent, with square headed sliding sash windows under a low rendered corniced parapet concealing a hipped slate roof. Principal elevation facing West onto Shipquay Street with modern glazed shopfront to ground floor with plywood signage above. North and South elevations abutted by No. 09 (HB01/19/026A) and 13 Shipquay Street (HB01/019/26C). Rear elevation facing East not accessible. Setting: Set North east of The Diamond, on the east side of Shipquay Street, facing west, abutted by 9 & 13 Shipquay Street and close to shopping centre at rear. Materials: Roof: Natural Slate Rainwater goods: Cast-iron downpipe and hopper Walling; Rendered over original brick Windows: Timber sliding sash

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

No. 11 Shipquay Street, a four-storey two-bay redbrick building, was constructed in the early-19th century. The exact date of the Georgian-style building is not known, but it was certainly constructed prior to the 1850s along with the adjoining No. 13 Shipquay Street (HB01/19/026C). The building may have been constructed by the 1830s as the Townland Valuations recorded a house occupying the same dimensions in 1832. This house was valued at £40 and was occupied by a Mr. Colhoun. Raven’s 1622 plan of Londonderry shows that the layout of Shipquay Street has not been altered since the laying out of the walled city. The map records that Shipquay was originally known as ‘Silver Street’ but the current name had been adopted by the early-18th century. The Ordnance Survey Memoirs (1837) described Shipquay Street’s appearance in the following terms: ‘although otherwise imposing, [the street] is necessarily marred by the broken line of the roofs. This street contains … several respectable private residences’ (OSM, p. 101). Prior to the mid-19th century the character of Shipquay Street was predominantly domestic. However, between 1825 and c. 1850, many of the former residences were converted into commercial premises as large Georgian-style dwellings were constructed in the newly formed suburbs in Edenballymore to the north. In 1849 the Derry Standard recorded that ‘a wonderful transformation has taken place, the houses of private gentlemen having been changed into shops and private businesses.’ It is likely that No. 11 Shipquay Street was partially adapted to commercial use during this transformation of the street in the early-19th century. Griffith’s Valuation (1856) set the value of No. 11 at £50 and noted that the building, which was used as a private dwelling and a shop, was occupied by Joseph Williams, a local watchmaker. Williams continued to reside at No. 11 Shipquay Street until 1890 when a Mr Thomas B. Perry took possession of the property. Perry continued to occupy the upper floors of the building as a private dwelling whilst the ground floor shop was occupied by A. Goodman & Sons, florists and seed salesmen (Ulster Town Directories). Robert Neil, a local Haberdasher and Milliner, took possession of the dwelling and ground floor shop in 1897 and continued to operate from the premises until 1938. The First General Revaluation of Property in Northern Ireland (1936-57) records that the upper floors of the private dwelling were converted into a number of flats in 1950. In that year the total value of the building was raised to £105. The ground floor shop was occupied by Frederick Miller’s furniture store from the 1940s and by the end of the Second Revaluation (1956 72) the value of No. 11 Shipquay Street had risen to £186. Photographs of Shipquay Street dating from the late-19th century show that the building originally possessed a more traditional shopfront which jutted out from the main body of the building, but the First Survey image shows that this had been replaced with a plain modern shopfront by at least 1977. In that year, No. 11 Shipquay Street was undergoing a major renovation as the First Survey Image depicts the building without its roof and with a number of its upper windows missing. No. 11 Shipquay Street was included in the Historic City Conservation Area in 1977 and listed in 1979. The building continues to be utilised as commercial premises. The Foyle Civic Trust Living City Project described the building as ‘four-storey, two-bay, smooth rendered façade, painted. Moulded window surrounds and projecting shopfront removed. Slate roof concealed behind parapet with cornice detail. Vertical sliding sash, painted timber windows, one-over-one, diminishing scale.’ Calley states that ‘this had previously a simple projecting shop bay window on the ground floor, whilst the upper bays had moulded surrounds with the first floor bays topped with entablatures giving it an overall slightly grander feel than its neighbour’ (Foyle Civic Trust; Calley, p. 386). References Primary Sources 1. Thomas Raven’s plans of Londonderry (1622; 1625) 2. PRONI OS/6/5/20/1 – First Edition Ordnance Survey Map (1830) 3. PRONI OS/6/5/20/2 – Second Edition Ordnance Survey Map (1853) 4. PRONI VAL/12/B/157/1/11-15 – Annual Revisions Town Plan (c. 1873) 5. PRONI VAL/1/B/547A-F – Townland Valuations (1832) 6. PRONI VAL/2/B/5/16C – Griffith’s Valuation (1856) 7. PRONI VAL/12/B/32/11A-11ZD – Annual Revisions (1860-1897) 8. PRONI VAL/12/B/33/1A-1B – Annual Revisions (1897-1929) 9. PRONI VAL/3/B/6/10 – First General Revaluation of Property in Northern Ireland (1935) 10. PRONI VAL/4/B/5/14 – Second General Revaluation of Property in Northern Ireland (1956-72) 11. Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Londonderry (1837) 12. Lewis’ Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) 13. Ulster Town Directories (1843-1943) 14. O’Hagan’s plan of Londonderry (1847) 15. First Survey Record – HB01/19/026 (1970) 16. First Survey Image – HB01/19/026 (1977) 17. NIEA HB Records – HB01/19/026 18. Foyle Civic Trust: Living City Project (Shipquay Street) Secondary Sources 1. Calley, D., ‘City of Derry: An historical gazetteer to the buildings of Londonderry’ Belfast: Ulster Architectural Heritage Society, 2013. 2. Hume, J., ‘Derry beyond the walls: Social and economic aspects of the growth of Derry 1825-1850’ Belfast: Ulster Historical Foundation, 2002.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

A. Style B. Proportion C. Ornamentation H-. Alterations detracting from building J. Setting

Historic Interest

R. Age S. Authenticity X. Local Interest

Evaluation

Early-19th century, four-storey two-bay rendered Georgian style house of domestic scale with a modern shopfront to the ground floor, situated on steeply sloping Shipquay Street North East of The Diamond. This building whilst of limited architectural impact, has group value with the the other Georgian style buildings in this section of Shipquay Street.

General Comments

Additional listing criteria apply - R - Age & S - Authenticity

Date of Survey

25 February 2014