87 Ballyquin Road

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Storey and a half house in red brick with half timbered dormer and attic. Three bays wide. Central door opening flanked by two flat roofed canted bay windows which are smooth rendered and painted.

Building is perpendicular to the road, situated in a small garden flanked by high hedges. It faces west looking towards Dogleap House (HB02/13/007).

Natural slates to roof, red ridge tiles, brick chimney on ridge, ends of rafters exposed along eaves, cast iron rainwater goods. A dormer aligns with the chimney and is located midway between the entrance door and the bay to the north. It is half timbered with a central two pane sash window and is supported on two painted corbels projecting at eaves level. The entrance door has a segmental fanlight divided into rectangular panes with a painted keystone above. The glazed door and sidelights are of a smaller width and only align with one jamb.

Each gable has four aligning windows, two to each floor, and above a half timbered attic supported by two corbels.

To the rear a narrow two storey return projects from the centre. There is a tall chimney on the back wall and a second near the ridge of the roof.

Historical information

Building first indicated on this site on 1925 Ordnance Survey Map. It was built as the Land Stewart’s house of the estate of nearby Dogleap House (HB02/13/007). It is in a similar style to that building and was probably designed by the same architects Buchanan and Reid. The front door seems to have been reduced in size to facilitate a reorganisation of the staircase in the 1960s.

References:
OSS 1925
Owner (1998)

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

A small picturesque house consistently detailed, has a good plan that imparts a great generosity of space to the main rooms. Quality slightly reduced by odd arrangement of front door. Sash windows have been replaced with faithful replicas incorporating double glazing.