Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB05/08/070 F

Address :
9 Lower Main Street Bushmills Co. Antrim BT57 8QA

Townland:
Clogher, North

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Survey 2:
B2

Date of Listing:
02/12/1980 00:00:00

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
House - Terrace

Former Use
House - Terrace

Conservation Area:
Yes

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
7/5SW

IG Ref:
C9402 4107

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Owner Category

Exterior Description And Setting

Single-storey three-bay pebble dashed mid-terraced house, extended to rear; rectangular plan-form with a pitched roof; set within a terrace formerly known as 'Metal Row'; built at the same time prior to 1832. Located on the west side of Lower Main Street with views south to Market Square, at the northern end of Bushmills village centre with the Bush River to the west. The terraced row is situated to the immediate south of Woodville House Mill [HB05/08/071]. Pebble dashed walling, small replacement painted timber casement windows over painted stone sloping sills, painted rendered band surrounds and hood moulds over windows of front elevation; all set on an unpainted rendered plinth; replacement fibre cement roof with black clay ridge tiles and a single unpainted rendered chimney-stack at SW end, no pots visible; half round painted cast-aluminium guttering to front elevation, moulded ogee guttering discharging to square section downpipes to rear elevation. Principal elevation faces South-east accessed directly via pavement from Main Street; three bays wide all set on an unpainted rendered plinth; elevation of each property along the terrace row is divided by unpainted rendered quoins; slightly recessed doorway, centred on elevation, contains a vertically sheeted timber door with a small rectangular vision panel with decorative glazing and iron door furniture, within a painted render surround under a painted hood mould. Front door has a single basalt block to left side, roughly hexagonal in shape and similar to stones found at Giant’s Causeway. South-west and North-east sides are abutted by neighbouring properties No. 11 & 7 Lower Main Street [HB05/08/070 E&G]. North-west elevation overlooks a small rear yard; most of the original rear elevation has been demolished and a new wall built to extend the footprint; the original roof slope has been removed and the deeper footprint has been re-roofed in tiles with a shallower pitch than before. Four bays wide with a single door opening between left side bays, doorway contains a vertically sheeted timber door with a small vision pane with decorative glazing; to the left side of the door is a single window bay and to the right side of the door there are two window bays; all openings have a rendered band surround. Modern roof light; uPVC rainwater goods to rear elevation. Setting: Located on the west side of Lower Main Street with views south to Market Square, at the northern end of Bushmills village centre with the Bush River to the west. Materials: Roof: Fibre cement / tiles to rear RWGs: uPVC (front & rear) Walling: Pebble dashed Windows: Timber top-hung / casement

Architects

Historical Information

No. 9 Lower Main Street, a single-storey three-bay dwelling which forms part of a terrace formerly known as ‘Metal Row,’ was constructed prior to 1832. The Bushmills Conservation Guide (1992) records that the village was already a significant settlement by the end of the 18th century but, from the 1820s, Bushmills was largely rebuilt and expanded by the Macnaghten family who had acquired the estate in 1787. The early-19th century terrace at nos 5-19 Lower Main Street was first depicted on the first edition Ordnance Survey map (1832) along its current layout at the northern end of Bushmills. The terrace is located to the immediate south of Woodville House Mill (HB05/08/071), a two-storey dwelling and former iron foundry which gave nos 5-19 Lower Main Street its former name of Metal Row. The contemporary Townland Valuations (c. 1834) records that No. 9 Lower Main Street was initially occupied by a Mr. William Ward and was valued at £2 and 18 shillings. The valuer described the house as a 2B+ building (that is a thatched building of medium age, but still in sound order and good repair) that measured 30ft by 19.6ft and stood 7.3ft in height. There was little alteration to the site by the second edition Ordnance Survey map (1855) but the contemporary Griffith’s Valuation (1859) notes that No. 9 Lower Main Street had been slightly decreased in value to £2 and 10 shillings since the 1830s. The valuer recorded that the thatched house was leased by Sir Edmund Macnaghten of Dundarave House (HB05/08/005) to a Ms. Margaret King whose family remained at the address until c. 1896. Under the 1901 Census of Ireland No. 9 Lower Main Street was occupied by Robert Sharpe, a local labourer who resided at the site with his wife. The accompanying census building return records that the thatched roofs of nos 5-19 Lower Main Street had been slated by at least the turn of the 20th century. The return specifically described No. 9 Lower Main Street as a 2nd class dwelling that consisted of three inhabited rooms. Under the First General Revaluation of Property in Northern Ireland (1936-57) the house increased in value to £3 and 10 shillings and was occupied by a Ms. Elizabeth McLean. The property was purchased outright by a Ms. Phyllis Smythe in 1962 and by the end of the Second General Revaluation (1956-72) the total rateable value of No. 9 Lower Main Street stood at £6 and 10 shillings. The UAHS Guide for North Antrim (1972) described Bushmill’s Main Street as ‘a well scaled street, for the most part excellently painted and maintained. Many good doorways and shopfronts remain. While no building apart from the former Court House is worthy of individual mention, the unity of the street frontages much be maintained.’ The guide specifically described Lower Main Street as ‘a pleasant curving street facing the grounds of Dundarave’ (UAHS guide, p. 16). No. 9 Lower Main Street was listed in 1980 and was included in the Bushmills Conservation Area which was designated in 1992 to protect the village which possesses the highest number of Listed Buildings for any town or village in the North East of Northern Ireland (NIEA HB Records; Bushmills Conservation Area guide). References Primary Sources 1. PRONI OS/6/1/3/1 – First Edition Ordnance Survey Map (1832) 2. PRONI OS/6/1/3/2 – Second Edition Ordnance Survey Map (1855) 3. PRONI OS/6/1/3/3 – Third Edition Ordnance Survey Map (1904) 4. PRONI VAL/1/D/1/7 – Townland Valuation Town Plan (c. 1834) 5. PRONI VAL/1/B/132 – Townland Valuations (c. 1843) 6. PRONI VAL/2/B/1/25A – Griffith’s Valuation (1859) 7. PRONI VAL/12/B/30/8A-D – Annual Revisions (1859-1894) 8. PRONI VAL/12/B/4/6A-C – Annual Revisions (1895-1929) 9. PRONI VAL/3/C/1/13 – First General Revaluation of Property in Northern Ireland (1936-57) 10. PRONI VAL/4/B/1/22 – Second General Revaluation of Property in Northern Ireland (1956-72) 11. Ulster Town Directories (1861-1918) 12. Census of Ireland (1901; 1911) 13. First Survey Record – HB05/08/070 14. NIEA HB Records – HB05/08/070F Secondary Sources 1. Girvan, W. D., ‘List of historic buildings, groups of buildings & areas of architectural importance in North Antrim’ Belfast: Ulster Architectural Heritage Society, 1972. 2. ‘Bushmills Conservation Area Guide’ Belfast: Department of the Environment, 1992.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

A. Style B. Proportion C. Ornamentation H-. Alterations detracting from building J. Setting K. Group value

Historic Interest

T. Historic Importance X. Local Interest R. Age S. Authenticity

Evaluation

Single-storey, three-bay, pebble dashed mid-terraced house, built prior to 1832. Located on the west side of Lower Main Street with views south to Market Square, at the northern end of Bushmills village centre with the Bush River to the west. The terrace is located to the immediate south of Woodville House Mill (HB05/08/071), a two-storey dwelling and former iron foundry which gave Nos 5-19 Lower Main Street its former name of ‘Metal Row’, as it later housed nail makers, foundry and mill workers. Thatched until the turn of the twentieth century, No 9 was initially leased by Sir Edmund Macnaghten of Dundarave House (HB05/08/005), who was responsible for the redevelopment and expansion of Bushmills from the 1820s. While No 9 has been altered to the rear with the rear roof slope being altered to accommodate the rear extension, it retains external historic character with its simple proportions and hood moulds to front windows and door. It has group value with the rest of the terrace, Nos 19-11 & 7-5 (HB05/08/070 A-E & G).

General Comments

Date of Survey

26 February 2015