Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
293 Clooney Road
Coolagh, Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Demolished
- Date of construction
- 1840 - 1859
- Address
- 293 Clooney Road, Ballykelly, Limavady, Co Londonderry, BT49 9JE
- Townland
- Coolagh
- Council
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 55.03843, -7.08188
- Date of survey
- 21 July 1998
- HB reference
- HB02/01/003
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 1838 "Ireland, north sheet." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
Modern bungalow on the site of a thatched cottage recorded as a supplementary listing in September 1970.
Historical information
Recorded in 1970 as: “c1840. A thatched cottage with whitened stone walls, the front elevation is harled. There are two sheeted doors and three d/h windows on the front elevation. One window has full g.b., other a three pane sash, and the remaining window has sashes divided into two panes vertically. The chimneys are of brick work. The roof is in poor condition at ridge level”.
Present occupants father lived in the cottage in 1970. He now lives in No. 295 Clooney Road (HB02/01/009).
The building was demolished in 1981 when the occupants of the present bungalow were married. Occupants told us that the cottage was traditionally owned by the neighbouring farm No. 295. House first indicated on the 1855 Ordnance Survey map.
Refrences:
Historic Buildings Records
Occupant
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
Once a picturesque building along the side of the main Derry to Limavady Road. Now demolished and replaced.
Nearby in the register
- 295 Clooney RoadHouseunder 1 mi
- 263 Clooney RoadHouseunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- 1 Coolagh RoadHouseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.