Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB17/04/020 B

Address :
93 Lurgan Road Seapatrick Banbridge Co Down BT32 4NE

Townland:
Kilpike

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:
25/10/1977 00:00:00

Date of De-listing:
27/11/2013 00:00:00

Current Use:
House - Terrace

Former Use
House - Terrace

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
220/4

IG Ref:
J1202 4768

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

A two-bay two-storey-with-attic rendered mid-terrace house, built c.1865 and located to the east side of Lurgan Road in Seapatrick. Square on plan with two-storey return to rear. Pitched natural slate roof with blue/black angled ridge tiles and rendered chimneystack with moulded caps and terracotta pots. Cast-iron ogee rainwater goods (uPVC to rear) on cavetto moulded eaves. Walling is painted smooth render on a narrow plinth. Windows are segmental-arched 2/2 timber sliding sash replacements in moulded architraves with projecting sills; uPVC to rear. The principal elevation faces west and is two openings wide to each floor. To left at ground floor is a four-panelled timber door with square-headed overlight, flanked by panelled pilasters and surmounted by corniced pediment with console brackets. The north elevation is abutted by adjoining building (HB17/04/020C). The rear elevation has a modern full width dormer to attic with hung slate walling and two uPVC windows; uPVC window to first floor left and uPVC porch with plastic roof to ground floor left; abutted to right by the two-storey return with uPVC window to ground floor at gable; left cheek has three windows to first floor, left two are diminished in height; right cheek is blank. The south elevation is abutted by adjoining building (HB17/04/020A). Setting Street-fronting with paved yard to rear enclosed by a high rendered wall having timber-sheeted entrance gate. Roof: Natural slate Walling: Render Windows: Timber / uPVC RWG: Cast-iron / uPVC

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

The row of buildings were constructed as houses for supervisory staff and a shop by the local spinning firm of Hayes & Co Ltd. The buildings are first shown on the third edition OS map of c.1900 as a terraced row situated opposite the Hayes mill complex which is captioned ‘Seapatrick Mills’. They are not listed in Griffith’s Valuation and first appear in the valuation fieldbook dating from 1864 to 1874. No date is given in the fieldbook but a tentative date of c.1865 can be proposed based on the primary records and the appearance of the buildings. 91 to 95 Lurgan Road are the first to be listed in the fieldbook, 97 and 99 being added at a slightly later date. The invention of power-loom spinning and weaving in the early nineteenth century led to the establishment of great spinning mills such as Hayes at Seapatrick and Dunbar McMaster at Gilford. Added to the numerous weaving and bleaching concerns in the area that were already making use of the Bann’s water power, these firms put Banbridge at the centre of world linen production for many years. (Dillon) A photograph of part of the terrace dating from c.1900 appears in Young and Quail’s collection ‘Old Banbridge’. The terrace remains essentially unchanged from this time, except for alterations to the rear and, in some cases, the removal/alteration of the ornamental pediment above the front door. Number 93 is a house and yard initially valued at £6.10s and leased from Frederick William Hayes and Coy Ltd. The first occupant to be listed is William Mulligan (n.d.) followed by Thomas McMahon in 1902. McMahon is listed in the 1901 census as a thread manager, living with his wife and two teenage children. His thirteen year old son was working as a clerk. By 1911 McMahon was 70 and working as a clerk. His daughter, still resident, is a dressmaker. McMahon was followed by John H McCoy (1919) and James Radcliffe (1920). At the time of the First General Revaluation (1933/4) the house is home to Edward Scott and is revalued at £8.10s. The accommodation includes a lobby, reception, three bedrooms, a kitchen, scullery and WC in the yard. The rent is 5s.9d weekly which includes 6d for light. An annexe means that this house had one more bedroom than other houses in the terrace. The house continues in use as a dwelling. References: Primary Sources 1. PRONI OS/6/3/27/1 First Edition OS Map 1833 2. PRONI OS/6/3/27/2 Second Edition OS map 1860 3. PRONI OS/6/3/27/3 Third Edition OS Map (c1900) 4. PRONI OS/6/3/27/4 Fourth Edition OS Map 1903-18 5. PRONI VAL/12/B/16/6A-H Annual Revisions (1864-1929) 6. PRONI VAL/3/C/4/2 – First General Revaluation (1936-57) 7. PRONI VAL/3/D/4/3/L/4 – First General Revaluation (1933-57) Secondary Sources 1. Dillon, A “Images of Ireland, Banbridge”Dublin: Gill and Macmillan, 1997 2. Young, A F and Quail, D “Old Banbridge” Stenlake Publishing, 2002

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

A two-bay two-storey-with-attic rendered mid-terrace house; built c.1865. The interior has been fully refurbished and the attic converted with a dormer insertion to rear. Although the character of the principal elevation has been retained the modernisation has resulted in then loss of much historic interest. This mid-Victorian terrace (HB17/04/020A-E) is of a common type and not among the best examples. It has been compromised by cumulative changes and is not of special interest.

General Comments

Date of Survey

18 November 2011