Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Former Thatched House
Lower Ballyleighery, Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Demolished
- Date of construction
- 1780 - 1799
- Address
- Former Thatched House, Duncrun Road, Lower Ballyleighery, Limavady, Co Londonderry
- Townland
- Lower Ballyleighery
- Council
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 55.13385, -6.91083
- Date of survey
- 22 September 1997
- HB reference
- HB02/09/033
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 1757 "Carte Reduite des Isles Britanniques Troisieme Feuille Partie Meridionale de l'Ecosse." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
Former thatched house, large three bay direct entry, similar to HB02/09/046 next door. Now demolished and replaced by new two storey harled and whitened house. This has raised gables and a lean-to front conservatory detailed to recall the form of the original. The attempt is only partly successfull. Original surrounding farmyard has been removed.
Historical information
Date stone discovered upon demolition with the message “DB 1790”. Brewster is the name of the family next door and Daniel Brewster was an ancestor around the 1790s. Though the Caldwells and Brewsters intermarried over the generations family memory would associate DB with the cottage next door (HB02/09/046). This cottage, ruinous for a number of years was recently demolished to make way for the present house.
Reference:
Mr W H A Brewster Neighbour
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
Interesting large thatched cottage now gone.
Nearby in the register
- Brewster’s CottageHouseunder 1 mi
- CottageHouseunder 1 mi
- CottageHouseunder 1 mi
- St Cadan’s C of I ChurchChurchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.