Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Lodge
Farlow, Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- House
- Date of construction
- 1860 - 1879
- Address
- Lodge, Sampson’s Tower, Farlow Road, Farlow, Limavady, Co Londonderry BT49 9DR
- Townland
- Farlow
- Council
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 55.05328, -6.97454
- Date of survey
- 27 June 1997
- HB reference
- HB02/10/014 B
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 3 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1854 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
A small simple rectangular redbrick 1½ storey cottage set in Farlow wood a short distance from Sampson’s Tower and on the Farlow Road side of it. Although there is no defined path leading to it from Farlow Road, a path access is shown on the O S map and a front garden is defined too. Measuring 7 metres by 4½ externally, it is constructed of handmade redbrick in flemish bond. The single door and windows are all trimmed with broad sandstone surrounds and the quoins are marked with deeply chamfered ashlar sandstone. The south front has a central doorway with window on either side and high up in each gable there is a smaller window.
The building is on the way to becoming derelict.
Historical information
It may well have been the abode of a caretaker for the Sampson Tower and it’s date probably contemporary with it, c 1860.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
Neat lodge or caretaker's house, small, well proportioned and originally having good materials and detailing in Neo-Georgian style.
However the building is now almost derelict. Merits recording only.
Nearby in the register
- Sampson’s Memorial TowerTowerunder 1 mi
- Rascahan CottageHouseunder 1 mi
- Bessbrook HouseHouseunder 1 mi
- House near BessbrookHouseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.