Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB17/12/027

Address :
47A Kilmacrew Road Magherally Banbridge Co. Down BT32 4EP

Townland:
Magherally

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Survey 2:
B1

Date of Listing:
08/07/1994 00:00:00

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
House

Former Use
Thatched House

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
Yes

Thatched:
Yes

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
221/2

IG Ref:
J1719 4754

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

A single storey, three bay, lobby entry stone house with corrugated iron roof over remains of thatch. The structure extends to the south as a stable, byre and pig house. The building faces east with the right hand, or north gable, overlooking the secondary road that leads from part of the dual carriageway between Dromore and Banbridge to reach the easterly road that travels southwards from Dromore to Katesbridge. The dwelling section of the building is roofed with corrugated iron and stone walls retain remnants of whitened harling. The left-hand skew is formed in concrete and there is no corresponding finish to the right hand gable. A red brick chimney without corbel coursing rises above the position of the kitchen hearth. The ridge of the building has been patched with felt. At the front, or east side, the roof extends over a windbreak porch with timber sheeted entrance door. To the right there is a further timber sheeted door and to the left there are two window openings the first containing the timber frame of a small vertically sliding window now with plain sashes and beyond the timber frame of a larger vertically sliding window with sashes divided into two panes horizontally. The roadside or north gable is without openings and is roughcast. The rear of this part of the building retains remnants of whitened harling on stone. The sequence of openings from the left, or north end, is as follows: - A vertically sliding window with sashes divided into two vertically followed by a vertically sliding window with a nine-pane sash over a small plain sash and finally a vertically sliding window with sashes divided into two vertically. All lights retain the frames only without the benefit of glazing. The building follows the slope of the ground and this is accommodated in the interior of the dwelling by sets of steps between the compartments. Attached to the dwelling and continuing down the slope with a reduced roof level there is an exposed stone structure with corrugated iron roof that saw use formerly as a stable and a byre. Both compartments are entered by means of timber sheeted doors. At high level a window frame with single vertical division lights the loft above the byre and an opening, now empty, serves a similar purpose at the rear. Apart from this the only other openings on the rear elevation are vent holes that appear as a pair in the stable and singly in the byre. The gable of this building is harled above the roof of the former pig house that completes the suite of buildings. The construction is of stone and the roof has been replaced recently with corrugated metal sheeting containing an inset Perspex sheet on either slope to light the space. Rainwater goods are of plastic and the door is of modern timber sheeting. The floor is of newly poured concrete and the end, or south gable, has been roughly plastered. Of the early gate pillars and pair of flat iron gates, sited at the left-hand corner of the north gable of the dwelling, only one of each remains in place as removal was necessitated by the construction of a garage prior to listing. A further single flat iron gate is hung on a rough stone upright beside the right hand corner of the north gable of the dwelling. The opposing support is of timber.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

A building is shown on this site on the OS map of 1834, but it is not noted in the (near) contemporary valuation. It is recorded in the second valuation of 1861, however, with the occupant listed as Thomas Russell Snr., the immediate lessors as Rev Thomas McCalmont and the representatives of Robert Langtry, and the rateable value as £2-10-0. References- Primary sources 1 PRONI VAL/1A/3/27 OS map, County Down sheet 27, with valuation
references, (1834-c.38) 2 PRONI VAL/2A/3/27B Revised OS map, County Down sheet 27, with valuation references, (1858-c.61) 3 PRONI VAL/2B/3/38B Second valuation, Magherally (1862) The house appears on the OS maps of 1833 and 1860 A Planning application was made to replace the building in 1994 A proposal to restore the premises was approved in 2003 Secondary Sources Letters, reports and Planning Service decisions as recorded in EHS files.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

A. Style B. Proportion C. Ornamentation D. Plan Form F. Structural System H-. Alterations detracting from building I. Quality and survival of Interior J. Setting

Historic Interest

X. Local Interest Z. Rarity

Evaluation

A single storey, three bay, lobby entry stone house with corrugated iron roof over remains of thatch. The building faces east with the right hand or north gable overlooking the secondary road that leads from part of the dual carriageway between Dromore and Banbridge to reach the easterly road that travels southwards from Dromore to Katesbridge. During the lengthy time that the building has been unoccupied changes have not taken place until recently when the structure of the pig house has been modernised. Some modification of the roof timbers of the other parts of the building was made in the past to support the addition of the corrugated iron covering but the early woodwork has been retained. The layout of the various compartments remains unaltered.The house is of at least early 19th.C origin but could be much older

General Comments

Date of Survey

14 February 2003