Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
The Old Rectory – Outbuildings
Rallagh, Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Outbuildings
- Date of construction
- 1800 - 1819
- Address
- The Old Rectory – Outbuildings, Glenshane Road, Dungiven, Co Londonderry
- Townland
- Rallagh
- Council
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.90607, -6.96274
- Date of survey
- 18 July 2000
- HB reference
- HB02/05/003 B
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
The outbuildings or stable block are mainly on the S E side of the squarish stable yard, directly behind the house but a little distance removed from it. The principal block consists of a 1½ storey 7 bay long section and a single storey 5 bay part in line. The elevation of the 7 bay section to the yard has 2 coach door openings with segmental arches at one end, then a single square headed door followed by 3 sliding sash 6 pane windows and another square headed door. The doors have square headed brick lintols, while the windows have shallow segmental brick arches. Over the far end single door is a single barn door to loft floor. Walls are built of random rubble stone with cut stone over coach openings. Roofs slated and hipped with clay ridge and hip tiles. ½ round gutter to long wall. No chimneys. Rainwater pipe discharges to a barrel.
The single storey section has 3 no three-centred arch openings for carriages and one single door and window. Walls built of brick and roofed with corrugated iron long ago painted.
At the S W side of the yard a ruinous 2 storey stone building, which may have been a coachman’s house. At right angles to it and on the other side of the laneway from the house a small single storey stone built store with single door to yard and 9 pane window to rear. The store is gabled and slated.
At the entrance to the yard from the lane is a pair of wrought iron gates between walls. The flanking wall to the lane is built of well weathered random rubble stone (some of it field stones). The owner claimed the wall was part of an older bawn wall of a previous house. Nothing has been found to substantiate this.
Historical information
The 1½ storey part is probably contemporary with the rectory and is shown on the 1830 O.S Map Londonderry sh. 30 and the ruinous 2 storey building also. The single storey part is later and appears on the 1905 rev. of the 1830 O.S. map. The O.S. Memoirs refers to the out offices as being commodious. Apart from the single storey part, the other buildings are not much used.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
An example of early 19th cent. stable block to a Glebe house. Practical but with little architectural pretensions.
Nearby in the register
- The Old RectoryHouseunder 1 mi
- Carnanbane BridgeBridgeunder 1 mi
- Templemoyle Old Church siteChurchunder 1 mi
- Former Flax MillStoreunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.