Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB19/13/019

Address :
27 Castle Street Lisburn Co. Antrim BT27 4SP

Townland:
Lisnagarvy

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Survey 2:
B2

Date of Listing:
27/05/1994 00:00:00

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
House

Former Use
House

Conservation Area:
Yes

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
165/06 SE

IG Ref:
J2689 6439

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Owner Category

Exterior Description And Setting

Mid-terrace three-bay three-storey redbrick building, built c.1885, facing south with integral carriage arch to west, three-storey redbrick return and three-storey quadrant bay to rear. Pitched natural slate roof, black clay ridge tiles and pair of profiled render and redbrick chimneystacks behind parapet wall with deep cornice and replacement gutter breaking through parapet. Redbrick walling laid in Flemish bond with rusticated render wall below ground floor sill course and moulded plinth course. Square-headed window openings with moulded architrave surrounds, painted masonry sills and timber sash windows. Three-bay three-storey front elevation with 6/6 steel-frame windows to the second floor with pivoted upper sashes. Larger tripartite timber sash window to the central bay on first floor with 6/6 flanked by pair of 2/2. To either side of central bay is a 2/2 horizontally-glazed timber sash window. Pair of slender window openings to the ground floor on continuous moulded sill course with 6/1 timber sash window to each. Round-headed door opening to the right bay with moulded surround containing a flat-panelled timber panelled door with six panels having bolection mouldings and flanked by pair of Doric columns on plinth blocks resting on pair of nosed stone steps, supporting lintel architrave and plain semi-circular fanlight over. Square-headed carriage arch to left bay, undergoing renovations. West side elevation abutted by new college development. Rear elevation abutted by three-storey redbrick return with hipped natural slate roof, cast-iron rainwater goods and 6/6 timber sash windows. To the east rear corner is a quadrant bay with curved 6/6 timber sash windows to first and second floors with cylinder glass and square-headed door opening to the ground floor. East side abutted by adjoining building No.31 (HB19/13/018). Roof Pitched natural slate roof Walling Redbrick RWG Plastic / cast-iron Windows Timber sash / steel-frame

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

This building formed part of an estate office built by Sir Richard Wallace in 1884 on the site of a court house dating from c.1830 which was itself built on the site of a French Huguenot church. (OS Memoirs, p.11) In 1863 the building is listed as a court house, valued at £18 and leased from the Marquess of Hertford. In 1883 it is ‘unfinished’, a house and yard owned by Sir Richard Wallace in fee. By 1884 it has been completed and valued at £33 and it would appear that it formed part of the newly-built estate office next door. A replacement for the court house, also now demolished, was built by Sir Richard Wallace in Railway Street. A fieldbook is missing at this point, but after 1890, Robert Bannister is in residence. Bannister is known to have been a member of the council in 1913. By 1902 the Independent Order of Good Templars, a temperance organisation with a structure based on freemasonry, is in residence and the valuation is subsequently reduced to £30. By 1912 this building, together with its three neighbours immediately to the west, become Lisburn Co-operative Society. The buildings are substantially redeveloped and valued at £450 in total in 1922. The complex comprises outbuildings, shops, stores, sheds and a yard. References: Primary Sources 1. PRONI OS/6/1/68/3 – Third Edition OS Map c1900 2. PRONI OS/6/1/68/4 – Fourth Edition OS Map 1921 3. PRONI OS/6/1/68/5 – Fifth Edition OS Map 1939 4. PRONI VAL/12/A/1/109 – Valuer’s Notebook (1904-08) 5. PRONI VAL/12/B/8/9A-T – Annual Revisions (1863-1924) 6. PRONI VAL/12/E/40/1 – Annual Revisions Town Plan (1877-c1898) 7. PRONI VAL/12/E/40/2 – Annual Revisions Town Plan (1898-c1907) 8. PRONI VAL/12/E/40/4 – Annual Revisions Town Plan (1907-c1927) 9. Day, A. and P. McWilliams, eds. “Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland, Volume 8, Parishes of County Antrim II, 1832-8” Belfast: Institute of Irish Studies, 1991

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

A. Style B. Proportion C. Ornamentation J. Setting K. Group value

Historic Interest

R. Age S. Authenticity X. Local Interest Y. Social, Cultural or Economic Importance

Evaluation

This three-storey redbrick building has been detailed in a similar manner to its neighbour, the former Town Hall and is built on the site of the former Courthouse. Retaining its facade composition, exterior mouldings and interesting corner bow to the rear, this building displays architectural character with a great variety of fenestration types. Continuing the under-sill rustication of Nos. 29 and 33, (HB19/13/018 & HB19/13/003) the building has group value with Wallace House, (HB19/13/004), being originally built as part of the estate office for Sir Richard Wallace. On a site which previously occupied by a French Huguenot church, it has important historical connections with Lisburn and contributes to the rich architectural history of Castle Street.

General Comments

Date of Survey

26 May 2010