Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB17/03/026

Address :
30 Main St Scarva Craigavon Co Down BT63 6LS

Townland:
Monclone

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Survey 2:
Record Only

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

Date of De-listing:
10/12/2013 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:
220/10

IG Ref:
J0644 4376

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

A two-storey five-bay mid-terrace townhouse and former shop (now single dwelling), pre-dating 1830; rectangular plan form with a single-storey extension to the rear. Located centrally in the village on the east side of Main Street. Pitched mineral fibre slate roofing with clay ridge tiles; uPVC rainwater goods; cement rendered chimney and cement coping. Dashed walling; smooth rendered plinth, long-and-short quoins and slightly projecting rendered reveals. 1/1 double-glazed timber sliding sash windows with masonry cills. Quadripartite segmental headed display window with moulded surrounds and decorative lead flashing. Replacement timber sheeted door. The principal elevation faces west and is asymmetrically arranged. The front door is located to the left, with two windows to the right, and a quadripartite display window to the far right. The first floor is five windows wide. The left gable is abutted by 26/28 Main Street (HB17/03/025). The rear elevation is asymmetrically arranged. Cement roughcast rendered. The left is abutted by a single storey mono-pitch return comprising a pair modern timber glazed doors to the right and a timber casement window to the left. The gable is abutted by a further flat-roofed outbuilding of no interest. Right of the return is a single bi-partite casement window with a single timber glazed door to the far right. Three diminished in scale casement windows to first floor. Single roof light to the left side of the rear pitch. The right gable is abutted by 32 Main Street (HB17/03/027). Setting The building is part of a continuous terrace running the full length of the east side of Main Street. Tiered hard landscaped garden to the rear beyond which is a heavily vegetated embankment. Opposite the house is a landscaped public area, beyond which runs the Newry Canal. Roofing: Mineral fibre slate Walling: Dashed Windows: Timber RWG: Cast-iron / uPVC

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

The building is of late eighteenth/early nineteenth century date, originally lime-rendered and with remodelling c.1874. The building, which served as a police barracks and for some years as a village shop, has evolved over time and now presents an appearance typical of nineteenth century village tenements. The village of Scarva was founded, beside the newly-opened Newry Canal, in 1746 by John Reilly of Scarva House and the earliest buildings in the town are likely to be those nearest the bridge, the town extending northwards from this point during the course of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The impetus for building the town came from the opening of the Newry Canal in 1742 to connect Carlingford Lough with Lough Neagh, principally as a means to bring coal from east Tyrone to Dublin speedily and inexpensively. (McCutcheon) John Reilly, the founder of the town, procured a patent for holding fairs and markets, in anticipation of building the town, and to build a small dock and quay. Taylor and Skinner’s 1777 map of Scarva shows that the early development of the town was concentrated around the bridge over the canal. The 1797 Topographica Hibernica describes Scarva as a ‘small neat village’ with a large ‘salt work’. Fairs were held four times a year. Capper’s Topographical Dictionary gives the population of Scarva in 1829 as 170 living in 33 houses. By 1875 traffic along the Newry Canal was bringing cargoes of turf to Scarva, using the dock and quay for lighters but the market was no longer being held. (Knox) The population remained reasonably steady over the course of the nineteenth century and in 1910 was 157. (Street Directory) A house is shown on the site on the 1st edition OS map of 1834 and it is listed in the Townland Valuation of 1828-40, together with a number of its neighbours as ‘three houses exempt’ from valuation because they were not of sufficiently high value to be taxable. In Griffith’s Valuation the house is listed as the property of JT Reilly who leases it to Mary Anne Kennedy. It is a house, office, yard and small garden valued at £6, with a rent of £3.9s yearly. Dimensions are given for the house, a 2-storey outbuilding and a 1-storey shed. In 1873 the house briefly became a police barracks before the RIC moved to what is now number 14 Main Street. In 1874 the valuation was raised to £8 and the valuer noted that the house had been improved. Subsequent occupiers are William Acheson (1875) Thomas Anderson (1893) Thomas Paton (1902) John Patton (1906), vacant (1908) John Patton (1909). At the time of the 1901 census the occupier was John Patton and the building was being run as a grocer’s shop. He describes himself as a ‘merchant’ and his wife as a ‘shopkeeper’ and they live with their two young children. By 1911 he and his wife have six children and they continue to run a grocery on the premises. The OS map edition dating from the 1960s/70s shows that this building was latterly the village post office. At the time of the First General Revaluation (1933/4) John Patton was leasing the house, shop, office and garden from Ann Brierly Dunlop and the property was revalued at £13.10s. The accommodation comprised kitchen, reception, three bedrooms and offices. A plan and dimensions are given. In 1950 the grocer’s shop was being let for £75 yearly by John Patton senior to William Patton. The house has recently been refurbished for use as a dwelling. References: Primary Sources 1. PRONI OS/6/3/33/1 First Edition OS Map 1834 2. PRONI OS/6/3/33/2 Second Edition OS map 1860 3. PRONI OS/6/3/33/3 Third Edition OS Map 1903 4. PRONI OS/6/3/33/4 Fourth Edition OS Map 1903-18 5. PRONI VAL/2/B/3/55D Griffith’s Valuation (1856-64) 6. PRONI VAL/12/B/16/22A-D Annual Revisions (1864-1929) 7. PRONI VAL/3/C/4/3 First General Revaluation (1936-57) 8. Taylor and Skinner’s Map of the Roads of Ireland, 1777 9. Capper, B.P. “A Topographical Dictionary of England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland” London: Sir Richard Phillips and Co, 1829 10. Seward, W W “Topographica Hibernica” Dublin, 1797 11. Young, A F and Quail, D “Old Gilford, Scarva, Loughbrickland and Lawrencetown” Stenlake Publishing, 2002 12. Street Directory, 1910 13. Banbridge Chronicle 26th July 1978 Secondary Sources 1. Day, A. and P. McWilliams, eds. “OS Memoirs of Ireland, Parishes of County Down III, 1833-8, Vol. 12.” Belfast: Institute of Irish Studies, 1992. 2. Knox, Alexander, M.D. “A History of the County of Down” Dublin: Hodges, Foster & Co, 1875 3. McCutcheon, W.A. “The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland,” London: HMSO, 1980. 4. Shaffrey, P and M “Buildings of Irish Towns – Treasures of Everyday Architecture” Dublin: O’Brien, 1983 5. Young, A F and Quail, D “Old Gilford, Scarva, Loughbrickland and Lawrencetown” Stenlake Publishing, 2002

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

A two-storey five-bay mid-terrace townhouse and former shop (now single dwelling), pre-dating 1830. Although the external proportions, style and character have remained largely unaltered, the modern finish and replica shopfront are inappropriate. The interior has been significantly modernized with no evidence of a historic layout or historic fabric of interest. Alterations and extensions at the rear have also compromised its character. It is no longer of special interest.

General Comments

Date of Survey

08 November 2011