Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB06/04/023

Address :
90 Portmuck Road Portmuck Islandmagee Larne Co Antrim

Townland:
Portmuck

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:
23/10/1979 00:00:00

Date of De-listing:
27/02/1989 00:00:00

Current Use:
House

Former Use
Thatched house

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
Yes

Monument:
No

Derelict:
Yes

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OS Map No:
71/6

IG Ref:
D4552 0243

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

The remains of a former thatched cottage of harled blackstone rubble now in a completely ruinous condition, along with the remains of a potato house standing to the east and joined by a right-angled stone wall. The buildings stand on an open and elevated site overlooking the sea. Described in the first survey in 1972 as 'A thatched cottage with harled and whitened walls and three chimneys. Length about 30m with dwelling and outbuildings under one roof. Dwelling is lighted by one 16-pane, one 12-pane and one plain-sashed window on the southeast side. Entrance door is sheeted. Thatched square potato house to the south-east.'

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

Appears on OS map of 1832. Listed in 1979; delisted in 1989 at which stage it was derelict. References - Primary 1. OS Map 1832, Co Antrim 41.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

This is a building which has fallen into a completely derelict and ruinous condition.

General Comments

Date of Survey

08 November 1997