Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
268 Culmore Road
Culmore, Derry City and Strabane, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Farm Buildings
- Date of construction
- 1820 - 1839
- Address
- 268 Culmore Road, Londonderry, BT48 8JL
- Townland
- Culmore
- Council
- Derry City and Strabane
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 55.06119, -7.27191
- Date of survey
- 05 March 1999
- HB reference
- HB01/27/001
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1811 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
Very little of this building described in the first survey remains on the site. Ruinous gable walls and partly demolished flanking walls. No timber, little plaster, some concrete block around altered openings. In the first Survey in 1972 this building was described as
“A harled and whitened cottage with slated roof and brick chimneys on either gable. These are two four pane wide sashed to north of entrance and a pair of twelve pane to south. Run down”. 23/05/1972.
Historical information
Building shown 1830 Ordnance Sheet No. 14
Reference:
OS Map 1st Edition 1830 Londonderry sheet 14
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
Partly demolished house considered worthy of note in 1970
Nearby in the register
- Former Hollybush Primary SchoolHouseunder 1 mi
- Vernacular HouseHouseunder 1 mi
- Tullyarden LodgeHouseunder 1 mi
- Culmore Primary SchoolSchoolunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.