Building Number 57

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Single-storey late Victorian hipped roof building with natural slate roof and central raised former rooflight slated in man-made slate. Centrally placed flush door with rectangular fanlight and exposed concrete lintel in built-up larger opening indicated by large segmental arch over. Flanking six over six sash windows with bars and painted granite cill. Projecting granite corbel to each side where another window would be expected. Beyond to each end there formerly was a single door with single pane segmental fanlight. This only survives to the west. To the east a sheeted door and a six pane sash have been inserted and the new work rendered over. A flat roofed modern block connecting with number 59 (HB01/09/002Q) projects.

West end blank with dentil course brick detail at eaves.

North elevation built off fort wall for two courses of brick (including dentil course) with overhanging eaves and blank.

Adjacent to the west gable the boundary wall of the fort extends for approximately 4metres. It then returns perpendicularly to meet the original 1841 wall .The foundation of a building can be seen in the corner and a small horizontal brick lined segmental window is in the return section of wall. The 1841 wall (HB01/09/002X) is topped with a flat sandstone coping and has regular musket loops at high level and low level vertical slits now bricked up.

Historical information

Building first indicated on the 1904 Ordnance Survey Map and from its detail clearly built at the same time as the adjacent buildings along the boundary wall (numbers 62 and 59 HB01/09/002 N&Q) and designed by the same person. The date of this wall may be from the 1870’s for the main post 1891 expansion is surrounded by a much lower brick wall and fence but there is no documentary evidence to support this. Original function of building has not been ascertained though from evidence of a late 19th century photograph it appears that it may have been stables. A picket fence presumably to contain animals is erected in front in the photographs. Building subsequently converted to storage.

References-
Primary sources

Ordnance Survey Maps 1831, 1854, 1873, 1904, 1933, 1955
O’Hagan’s Map of Londonderry 1847
Derry Journal 6th April 1841 ‘Notice to Builders’

Secondary sources
History of Ebrington Barracks (Anonymous, circa 1970’s) EHS files
Current site officer.
Coldstream Guards final parade pamphlet. Army 8th Brigade 2003

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

A single-storey red brick storage building along the extension of the boundary wall to the north of the original fort. Though it contributes to the general character of the base, it has been altered and is not of special interest.