Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB01/01/034

Address :
House Tireighter Road Tireighter, Park, Co Londonderry

Townland:
Tireighter

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Survey 2:
B1

Date of Listing:
02/02/2000 00:00:00

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
House

Former Use
Thatched house

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
Yes

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
62 (1:10,000)

IG Ref:
C5847 0054

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

White washed and slated former thatched house and courtyard at head of Tireighter Road. House is built into run of slope and faces south east. Sheeted door with one window to left (modern frame) and two smaller windows to the room on the right (also modern frame). Barn with sheeted door, same width, but lower slated eaves adjoined to right and lower on slope. Barn with corrugated iron roof adjoining to upper side of house, obscured to courtyard by white washed barn with corrugated roof perpendicular to house. A well surrounded by a whitewashed stone wall is located beside the end of the barn in south east corner of courtyard. To the north east a range of stone barns with corrugated roofs parallel to the house step down the slope. The lowest is perpendicular to the house though does not sit in front of its neighbours. The lowest north east corner of the courtyard has a white washed concrete block barn with monopitch roof, it is much lower on the slope and appears as a metre high wall to the courtyard. The back of the cottage is dug into the slope, the stone lined sheugh is wide enough to park the tractor and a flat roofed kitchen extension sits on the position of the bed outshot.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

The cottage is on 1831 map. References: Primary Sources: OS Map 1st Edition 1831 Co Londonderry 29 Secondary Sources: Occupant

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

A. Style D. Plan Form H-. Alterations detracting from building I. Quality and survival of Interior

Historic Interest

W. Northern Ireland/International Interest X. Local Interest Y. Social, Cultural or Economic Importance Z. Rarity

Evaluation

A well preserved vernacular farmyard group, little changed in the modern era. A good example of the type of "wee house" once common in this ward, there are now very few examples remaining.

General Comments

Date of Survey

16 August 1997