Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB23/16/024

Address :
Gulladuff 573 Belfast Road Bangor Co Down BT19 1UD

Townland:
Ballygilbert

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Survey 2:
B1

Date of Listing:
27/01/1975 00:00:00

Date of De-listing:

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:
115/14

IG Ref:
J4472 8089

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

Early nineteenth century 1 ½ -storey, five- bay Georgian vernacular-style farmhouse, rectangular plan form with rear returns, located at the end of a tree lined driveway off the south side of the main Belfast to Bangor route, sited in the town-land of Ballygilbert. Pitched natural slate roofing with clay ridge tiles and lead flashing. Natural finished coping stones over gable ends. Chimneystacks at gable ends, smooth rendered finish crowned with black painted stone and haunching with paired octagonal clay pots with cornice details. Cast iron ogee moulded black painted gutter on single corbel course to east elevation only. Slated hipped roof over 1 ½-storey left hand side rear return, with a 1 ½-storey felt-covered flat roof extension with projecting single-storey lean-to roof to the rear right hand side extension. Semi-circular uPVC guttering and circular uPVC down pipes and brackets to the side and rear extensions. Stone walling with rule- and-lined smooth render finish painted white on smooth rendered plinth painted black. Smooth render painted white to left hand side return and rough cast finish painted white to right hand side extensions. Windows single glazed 6/6, timber sliding sash Georgian windows painted white; no horns with large rectangular stone cills painted to east elevation and at stairwell on west elevation. Crown glass to east elevation window; except to replacement lower sash on right hand side. uPVC double glazed windows to gable ends at attic level and rear extensions with large uPVC double glazed conservatory on south elevation. Dormer windows single glazed 1/1 timber sliding sash. 1 single glazed 6/6 timber sliding sash with horns on north elevation. Stucco moulded architrave surrounds painted white to east elevation windows. Flush twelve-panelled timber door to main entrance with moulded architrave surround and half circle arch with glazed fan light over, flanked by Ionic columns painted black with cornice detail over. Ironmongery wrought iron painted black. The principal elevation faces NE and is symmetrically arranged with centrally located front door with two windows either side. Two pitched roof dormer windows; timber barge boards painted, located symmetrically. Left SE gable end with attic window and ground floor access into abutting modern uPVC conservatory. The rear SW elevation is asymmetrically arranged with cumulative abutting rear returns; 1 ½ -storey single bay hipped return to the right and a small single-storey pitched roof out building, connected back into the main building by an intermediate flat roof addition on the left side; hipped box bay on north face. The right NW gable end has a pair of attic level windows located under the apex of the gable, with a single Georgian window located to the right side of the gable at ground floor level. Setting The cottage sits in a rural
setting overlooking the main Belfast to Bangor road. It is accessed by a sweeping tree lined driveway which opens up to a gravelled area in front of the building adjacent to the surrounding lawns. To the south there are masonry rubble, slate roofed outbuildings and stables. Roofing: Natural slate Walling: render Windows: timber RWG: uPVC

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

The house is shown on the first edition Ordnance Survey map of 1834, uncaptioned. A lodge is also shown. It is listed in the Townland Valuation (1828-40) as the residence of John McDowell and is a house and offices, valued at £9.4s. In 1844, the niece of John McDowell, Sarah Wardlaw married Rev. Abraham Liggatt, the Minister of Ballygilbert Presbyterian Church. The marriage took place at the house, which may have been her home at the time, and was conducted by the Rev Henry Cooke. The couple settled elsewhere for their first two years but moved back to the house in 1846 when it served as the manse to Ballygilbert Presbyterian Church. Rev. Liggatt died in 1851 and the house was occupied by the succeeding minister Rev John Quartz until the building of a new manse in 1858. (McConaghy, p.19-20) On the second edition OS map of 1858 and in Griffith’s Valuation of the same period (1856-64) the house is named ‘Sarahfield’. By the time of Griffith’s the house is occupied by another Sarah, Mrs Sarah McDowell who may be the widow of John McDowell and is a likely candidate to be the ‘Sarah’ of ‘Sarahfield’. Rev Liggat and his wife were also resident at this time, according to McConaghy. The property is a ‘gate lodge, offices and land’ valued at £15 for buildings, the house having dimensions of 14x8x1? and the return 7x3x1. Four single storey outbuildings are also listed. The valuer comments, ‘very neat little house...a fancy concern’. (McConaghy, p.19-20) By 1887 the house has become the property of John Simms and by 1990 David McCullagh. James McKeown follows in 1907. The house is captioned ‘Sarahville’ on he map dating from this period (1900-02). By 1933 the house is listed as ‘Gulladuff’ and after that date it is occupied by Charles D Patterson who owns it in fee under land acquisition legislation of the early twentieth century. It is a house, offices and land, the gate lodge having been deleted. According to Dean the lodge was demolished at an unknown date. It is not present on the OS map dating from 1938-41. The house is initially valued at £15, later raised to £38. It comprises 5 bedrooms, 2 receptions, a kitchen, scullery, pantry and bathroom. There is water from a pump and it is lit by lamps. A plan and dimensions are given and various outbuildings are identified as a fodder store, old stable, cart shed, coal shed and greenhouse and fowl house. (Dean, p.93) References: Primary Sources 1. PRONI OS/6/3/1/1 – First Edition OS Map 1834 2. PRONI OS/6/3/1/2 – Second Edition OS map 1858 3. PRONI OS/6/3/1/3 – Third Edition OS Map 1900-02 4. PRONI OS/6/3/1/4 – Fourth Edition OS Map 1919-31 5. PRONI OS/6/3/1/5 – Fifth Edition OS Map 1938-41 6. PRONI VAL/1/A/3/1 – Townland Valuation Map (1828-40) 7. PRONI VAL/1/B/318 – Townland Valuation (1828-40) 8. PRONI VAL/2/B/3/1 – Griffith’s Valuation Map (1856-64) 9. PRONI VAL/2/B/3/18B – Griffith’s Valuation (1856-64) 10. PRONI VAL/12/B/17/10A-G – Annual Revisions (1867-1930) 11. PRONI VAL/12/B/17/11A-C – Annual Revisions (1888-1930) 12. PRONI VAL/3/D/4/4F/1 – Valuers RV Binder (1933-57) Secondary Sources 1. Dean, J. A. K. “The Gate Lodges of Ulster: A Gazetteer.” Belfast: Ulster Architectural Heritage Society, 1994. 2. McConaghy, J.W. and E.M. “A Light for the Road, Ballygilbert Presbyterian Church 1841-1991” Belfast: Ballygilbert Presbyterian Church, 1991

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

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

Historic Interest

X. Local Interest

Evaluation

1 ½ - storey Georgian farmhouse dating from the early 19th century. A modest rural Georgian country house, built with reference to the proportions of a vernacular house and some of the outbuildings pre-date 1833. Much historic character and detail survives, although compromised by the modern additions and elements. Its history as the manse for the Ballygilbert Presbyterian Church during the 19th century is of note. It is a good example of a type that is becoming rare.

General Comments

Included in Helen's Bay Area of Village Character

Date of Survey

23 June 2010