Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB10/01/014

Address :
24 Meenablagh Road Aghyaran Castlederg Co Tyrone BT81 7YH

Townland:
Meenablagh or Fourth Corgary

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Survey 2:
B1

Date of Listing:
03/03/1992 00:00:00

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
House

Former Use
Thatched House

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
Yes

Thatched:
Yes

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
101/3

IG Ref:
H1339 8485

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

The building faces south-east and is sited a field’s length away from the road at the end of a lane.. This road travels south-west from the T junction it forms with the road from Castlederg to Donegal Town.Donegal Town is about nine miles away. The house is seen about 300 yards from the T junction. On the lane approach to the house a new ( NIHE) provided" replacement " dwelling has been built. A two structural bay direct entry thatched house with harled and painted stone walls. The roof is thatched between concrete parapets and each gable rises to a chimneystack with a narrow corbelled capping. The timber sheeted entrance door is protected by a square jambed windbreak porch, with flat concrete roof.The entrance is flanked on either side by a vertically sliding window with sashes divided into two vertically. An outbuilding abutting the left (south-west) gable is roofed with corrugated iron terminated by a concrete parapet. The door is timber sheeted. On the opposite gable there are the remains of another corrugated iron roofed structure this time with a timber plank entrance door. At the rear there are two window openings. That towards the north-east end is vertically sliding with plain sashes and chamfered sash stops. The other window, positioned almost half way along the elevation, is plain.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

A building is shown on this site on the OS map of 1833 / 34, but it is not noted in the contemporary valuation. The second valuation of 1858 tells us that the house was then occupied by a Neil McFergus, with Sir Robert Ferguson the immediate lessor. The rateable value is recorded as a modest 10/-. A survey of this building carried out in 1992 by Colin Hatrick of EHS reported that the layout and roof structure were original and that the roof was in a fair condition. In 1994 Michele McFaul reported to EHS that re-thatching was required; since then the thatched covering has deteriorated, but a restoration scheme is contemplated. References- Primary sources 1 PRONI VAL/1A/6/14 OS map, County Tyrone sheet 14, with valuation
references, (1833 / 34-c.38) 2 PRONI VAL/2A/6/14A Revised OS map, County Tyrone sheet 14, with valuation references, (1858 / 59) 3 PRONI VAL/2B/6/38A Second valuation, Termonamongan (1858) Other references 1 EHS file

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

A. Style B. Proportion C. Ornamentation D. Plan Form F. Structural System I. Quality and survival of Interior J. Setting

Historic Interest

Z. Rarity X. Local Interest

Evaluation

A two structural bay direct entry thatched house with harled and painted stone walls. The roof is thatched between concrete parapets and each gable rises to a chimneystack with a narrow corbelled capping. The house remains in the original state and exhibits a type of construction of which only a few examples remain in this part of North Tyrone.

General Comments

Date of Survey

19 October 2000