Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB24/04/094 A

Address :
Former Dunleath Arms 72A Main Street Ballywalter Newtownards Co. Down BT22 2JP

Townland:
Ballywalter

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Survey 2:
B1

Date of Listing:
14/10/1994 00:00:00

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
House

Former Use
Public House

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
150/9

IG Ref:
J6726 6913

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

Large single storey former hunting lodge/public house of 1902 by W.J. Fennell, in ‘Arts and Crafts’ / English Domestic Revival style with dominating rosemary tile roof, veranda, lych gate-like vehicle entrance, dormers, bays and whitewashed roughcast façade. The building, which has been converted to two dwellings, is set on the west side of Main Street, Ballywalter. The entire building is finished in rough cast. There are decorative clay ridge tiles to the roofs, with clay finials to the rear gables. The front E elevation is asymmetrical. It is single storey with dormered attics with a large dominating red tile roof, which stretches to form a timber veranda at the front. In the centre of the elevation there is a wide arched entrance within an open timbered gabled porch, which leads to a courtyard at the rear. There are two carved harpy-like gargoyle figures attached to the timber pillars supporting the porch. Each side of this porch and courtyard has been converted to separate dwelling houses. The front of that to the left (No 72A) has two very large multi-sided (canted) bays under the veranda, with a central glazed door between. The returns to the rear of both houses (which form the uprights of the ‘U’ shape), each have large, multi-pane windows, some with segmental arch heads and brick dressings. These returns appear to have been extended somewhat to the rear, though these extensions may be almost contemporary. There are several flat roofed dormers, like the front. A brick and rendered wall divides the courtyard, and there is a low castellated rendered wall to the front.

Architects

Fennell, William J

Historical Information

The lodge was in built in 1902 for the 2nd Lord Dunleath, by A. Gordon of Newtownards, to designs by W.J. Fennell. It originally catered for hunting parties visiting Ballywalter Park and contained large tea rooms on one side of the building and a bar and hotel accommodation on the other side. The large bay window to the left of No.72A does not appear to be original. The building has now been converted to private residences. W.J. Fennell also worked on the extensions to the main house at Ballywalter Park and also designed the west gate lodge. References- Primary sources 1 PRONI VAL/12B/23/6a-f Annual valuation revision books, Ballywalter, 1866-1929 2 'The Irish Builder' Vol.XLIII, No.1012, p.1054, 27 Feb. 1902 3 PRONI VAL/12E/84/1 Valuation plan, Ballywalter, 1902-35 4 UFTM, W.A. Green Collection WAG 1749-50 Photographs of the Dunleath Arms and Main Street, Ballywalter, c.1920

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

A. Style B. Proportion C. Ornamentation H-. Alterations detracting from building I. Quality and survival of Interior

Historic Interest

X. Local Interest V. Authorship

Evaluation

Large single storey former hunting lodge / public house of 1902 by W.J. Fennell, in ‘Arts and Crafts’ / English Domestic Revival style with dominating rosemary tile roof, veranda, lych gate-like vehicle entrance, dormers, bays and whitewashed roughcast façade, now converted to two dwellings. No.72A is to the north side.

General Comments

Date of Survey

13 November 1997