Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB19/05/021 A

Address :
15 Main Street Hillsborough County Down BT26 6AE

Townland:
Hillsborough

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:
01/12/1976 00:00:00

Date of De-listing:
04/05/2012 00:00:00

Current Use:
House - Terrace

Former Use
House - Terrace

Conservation Area:
Yes

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
184/05

IG Ref:
J2429 5876

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

Mid-terrace single-bay two-storey rendered house, built c.1820 as part of a pair with No.17 (HB19/05/021B), located on the west side of Main Street Hillsborough. Rectangular on plan with gable-ended two-storey brick extension abutting rear elevation, built c.1980. Pitched natural slate roof with black clay ridge tiles and two chimneystacks, that to south is rebuilt brown brick, rendered to north all having terracotta pots. Cast-iron guttering on iron brackets. Painted ruled and lined rendered walling, modern redbrick walling to rear. Square-headed window openings with replacement bipartite 6/6 timber sliding sash windows, exposed sash boxes and concrete sills; timber casement windows to rear. Front east elevation has a pair of window openings to each level on shared concrete sills. Square-headed door opening with replacement timber panelled door opening onto two concrete steps to the pavement. South side elevation abutted by No.17 (HB19/05/021B). West rear elevation abutted by gable-ended two-storey extension (of little interest). North side elevation abutted by adjoining building No.13 (HB19/05/020). Setting: Part of a terrace of buildings of various dates and styles lining the west side of Main Street. Gravel rear yard shared with No.17 & No.19. Roof Natural slate RWG Cast-iron Walling Painted render Windows Replacement timber sash

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

No. 15 Main Street appears on the first Ordnance Survey map for Hillsborough (1833) as small building, forming part of a terrace extending from No. 23 to the bottom of Main Street. An early map of Hillsborough (c. 1800) shows that Nos. 13 to 19 Main Street were constructed between 1800 and 1833 on former ‘wasteland.’ The Townland Valuation map (c. 1830s) depicts No. 15 as a small square shaped building with two office buildings to the rear of the house at the back of its yard. The Townland Valuation records that the house and offices were worth £6. 14s. and were the residence of a Mr. Thomas Scott. The second Ordnance Survey map of 1858 shows little alteration to the house, but depicts the addition of a rear return which stretched from the house to one of the large out offices in the yard. Griffith’s Valuation records Thomas Scott as the lessor in 1861 (Scott was also the lessor of No. 17 Main Street). The valuer recorded the house as a 1B- class dwelling, measuring five yards by eight yards and two-storeys high. Scott let the house to a Mr. James Murray at £8. rent. By 1861 there was no real change in the value of the house, the valuer recording that it was worth £6. Over the next 55 years the property was let to a large number of occupants. The house fell vacant in 1887 and was not occupied again until 1904. Thomas had Scott died in 1890; his will tells us that he was a retired Merchant who died on 17 November 1890; he left Nos. 15, 17 and 19 Main Street and effects of £339. 15s. 6d. to a Mr. Francis Scott, who was probably either his son or brother (PRONI Wills – 03/12/1890). The valuer tells us that Scott resided in Manchester and in 1916 sold his properties on Main Street to a Mr. David Donaldson. The census records tell us that Mrs. Annie Murdock, a widowed dressmaker, resided in No. 15 Main Street with her family in 1901. The Building Return records the house as a 2nd class dwelling consisting of at least three inhabited rooms. In 1916 when Donaldson came into possession of the house it was revalued at £4. The recorder believes that the house and its neighbours were built c. 1820. In 1974 Brett described Nos. 15 to 19 Main Street as ‘two-storey houses, probably of stone underneath’ the windows of which had been recently ‘unhappily altered’ (Brett, p. 22).The house was listed in 1976. In 1987 renovation work was carried out on the windows and door of the house and in 1997 further work was undertaken; as a result of this renovation work few original features remain in the interior. A red brick extension was added to the rear of the house in the 1980s. The recorder observed that the old out offices had been taken down at some stage and replaced with a garage. Since the First Survey of Historic Buildings in the 1970s the house and its door have been repainted, matching the neighbouring No. 19 and 17 Main Street (NIEA File). References: Primary Sources 1. PRONI D671/M/8/25 – Hillsborough Map c.1800 2. PRONI D671/M/8/57/1 – Hillsborough Illustrated Map 1803 3. PRONI VAL/1/B/344 A-B – Townland Valuations 1834 4. PRONI VAL/1/D/3/5 – Town Plan 1834 5. PRONI OS/6/3/14/1 – First Edition OS Map 1834 6. PRONI OS/6/3/14/2 – Second Edition OS Map 1858 7. PRONI OS/6/3/14/3 – Third Edition OS Map 1902-1903 8. PRONI OS/6/3/14/4 – Fourth Edition OS Map 1919-1920 9. PRONI VAL/2/B/3/45A-C – Griffith’s Valuation 1856-64 10. PRONI VAL/12/B/20/14A – Annual Revisions 1864-1879 11. PRONI VAL/12/B/20/14B – Annual Revisions 1880-1889 12. PRONI VAL/12/B/20/14C – Annual Revisions 1890-1908 13. PRONI VAL/12/B/20/14D – Annual Revisions 1909-1928 14. PRONI VAL/12/B/20/14E – Annual Revisions 1928-1930 15. PRONI Wills Catalogue (1890). 16. Ulster Towns Directory (1910). Secondary Sources 1. Brett, C. E. B., ‘Historic buildings, groups of buildings, areas of architectural importance in the towns and villages of Mid Down: Hillsborough, Dromore, Dromara, Ballynahinch, the Spa, Drumaness and Saintfield’ Ulster Architectural Heritage Society, 1974. 2. NIEA File – HB19/05/021A.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Mid-terrace single-bay two-storey rendered house, built c.1820 as part of a pair with No.17 (HB19/05/021B) on the west side of Main Street Hillsborough. This house has been altered substantially both externally and internally several times during the twentieth century. The latest change has improved the appearance of the front elevation but the historic interior and rear elevation have been almost completely lost. It remains with its neighbour a building that contributes significantly to Hillsborough Conservation Area but is not of special interest.

General Comments

Please note this record has been renumbered is was previously recorded as HB19/05/021

Date of Survey

20 September 2010