Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB20/04/032

Address :
Arlyn Craigstown Road Ballygrooby Randalstown Antrim Co Antrim

Townland:
Ballygrooby

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:
20/09/1974 00:00:00

Date of De-listing:
19/12/1985 00:00:00

Current Use:
House

Former Use
Thatched House

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
Yes

Thatched:
Yes

Monument:
No

Derelict:
Yes

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OS Map No:
95/7

IG Ref:
J0916 9079

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

A ruinous former cottage, now in a collapsed state with no roof, rubble stone walls only partly standing, and so overgrown with, and surrounded by, vegetation that it is virtually inaccessible. Whitened rubble stone outbuildings with modern corrugated iron roofs still remain but are of no special interest. It stands in a rural area and faces the main road. It was described in the first survey in 1971 as "A thatched cottage with harled and colour-washed walls. Sashed windows have cross astragals. The panelled entrance door is flanked by four-pane sidelights. There is one brick chimney stack on roof."

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

Precise date of building not known, but it appears on the OS map of 1829. Condemned as unfit for habitation in 1975; subsequently abandoned and fell into a completely ruinous state. References – Primary Sources 1. OS Map 1829, Co Antrim 43.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

This is a former thatched cottage, of no special historic interest, which has fallen into a state of complete dereliction.

General Comments

Date of Survey

04 November 2000