Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB17/01/027 A

Address :
1 Bannview Terrace Gilford CRAIGAVON Co Down BT63 6HX

Townland:
Loughans

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:
05/04/1977 00:00:00

Date of De-listing:
01/11/2013 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:
201/14

IG Ref:
J0620 4906

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

A two-storey two-bay end-of-terrace house built c.1860. Rectangular plan form. Located directly on Dunbarton Street northwest of the centre of Gilford Village. Pitched natural slate roof with clay ridge tiles; replacement chimney; replacement extruded aluminium rainwater pipes and cast iron gutters. Roof slightly raised. Brick walling laid to stretcher bond with headers to every 6th course; raised cement pointing; cement plinth. 6/6 timber sliding sash windows; with horns; painted masonry cill; 1 and ½ brick flat arches. Replacement door of no interest. The principal elevation faces south west and is asymmetrically arranged. The door is located right, single window to the left; two first floor windows directly over. Ground floor was reinstated c.1980; previously a shop front. The left gable is abutted by adjoining building HB17/01/027C. The rear elevation is asymmetrically arranged. Completely refurbished with replacement casement windows. The right gable is abutted by diminished in height adjoining end-terrace of Prospect Terrace. Setting: Forming part of a terrace which lines the north side of the arterial route into the village from the north. Opposite the terrace is a gate lodge HB17/01/029, beyond which lies a 20th century housing estate. Hard landscape yard to the rear beyond which are further 20th century housing. Roofing: Replacement natural slate Walling: Brick Windows: Timber RWG: Extruded aluminium / cast iron

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

The current house, a former spirit grocer’s, is one of a terrace of seven houses built c.1860, which has in recent years been converted into a terrace of four. The terrace was built by a developer at a time when the population of Gilford was expanding rapidly as a result of the successful growth of the Dunbar McMaster spinning concern. By the late nineteenth century Dunbar McMaster had branches in the USA, London, Dublin and Manchester and their exports were world-wide. (Industries of the North) The terrace is not shown on the second edition OS map of 1858 but the seven houses are listed in Griffith’s Valuation of 1864, giving a construction date of c.1860. The houses were the property of James Hall, the likely developer, who had leased the land from local landowner William Uprichard. The houses all have a yard and small garden but variations in the number of outbuildings give slightly different valuations. Dimensions given show that the houses were all 2½ stories in height, 4? yards in width and 8 yards in length. The terrace first appears on the third edition OS map of 1901-2, on the edge of the town. Gilford town had begun an extremely rapid growth in population following the opening of the Dunbar McMaster spinning mill in the late 1830s. Between 1841 and 1851 the population more than quadrupled, from 643 to 2,814. By 1870 the mill was employing over 2,000 workers and built 200 houses between 1836 and 1862. (Logan) The current houses were not built by Dunbar McMaster & Co but nevertheless formed part of the town’s expansion in the wake of the success of the linen industry and over the years were often inhabited by mill workers. Number one was valued at £8 in Griffith’s Valuation, the highest value in the row, as it had 3 outbuildings. The house was designated first class and in a ‘medium’ state of repair. The rent was £10 annually. In 1864 the tenant was John Simpson and by 1866 the house had been sold on to landlord Edward Smith, although John Simpson remained as tenant. In 1901 the present house and its neighbour were converted into a single premises, a spirit grocery valued at £14, with Edward Smith as proprietor. Smith is listed in the 1901 census as a publican living at the house with his wife and a domestic servant. The two houses comprised ten rooms in all and the two separate entrance doors were retained at this stage, giving 6 windows on the front facade. The size of the house meant that it was the only dwelling in the terrace designated first class by the census. Edward had died by the time of the 1911 census and his widow Mary was running the spirit grocers and also providing a home for her 12 year old nephew. She continued to retain a domestic servant. The house remained in the Smith family until at least 1935. The first survey photograph of 1976 shows the house with its former shopfront (now gone). A comprehensive refurbishment took place c.1980 and today the house is a dwelling. References: Primary Sources 1. PRONI OS/6/3/26/1 First Edition OS Map 1834 2. PRONI OS/6/3/26/2 Second Edition OS map 1858 3. PRONI OS/6/3/26/3 Third Edition OS Map 1901-2 4. PRONI OS/6/3/26/4 Fourth Edition OS Map 1920-21 5. PRONI VAL/2/B/3/48F Griffith’s Valuation (1856-64) 6. PRONI VAL/12/B/21/8A-F Annual Revisions (1866-1923) 7. PRONI VAL/12/B/21/3A-B Annual Revisions (1923-29) 8. PRONI VAL/12/F/4/12/2 Annual Revisions (1929-30) Secondary Sources 1. “Industries of the North One Hundred Years Ago” Belfast: Friar’s Bush Press, 1986 (First published as ‘Industries of Ireland, Part 1. Belfast and the Towns of the North’ in 1891) 2. Logan, R A “A Window on the Past, A History of Gilford County Down” Banbridge Chronicle, (n.d.)

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

A two-storey two-bay end-of-terrace house erected c.1860. Largely modified c.1980, the principal elevation has been reconfigured from a commercial shop front to match the other houses in the terrace. The general appearance and proportions have been retained although much of the detailing and character has been lost as a result of alteration. No internal historic fabric remaining and the rear elevation has been completely altered. It is clear that these houses have been rebuilt and that the façade is the only part that is in any way original. Although of some local significance on the main street, its interest has been compromised by comprehensive alterations.

General Comments

Date of Survey

08 December 2011