Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Drenagh Estate Coach house
Fruithill, Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade B2
- Grade
- B2
- Type
- Estate Related Structures
- Date of listing
- 13 March 2002
- Date of construction
- 1840 - 1859
- Address
- Drenagh Estate Coach house, 17 Dowland Road, Fruithill, Limavady, Co Londonderry, BT49 0HP
- Townland
- Fruithill
- Council
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 55.05530, -6.92249
- Date of survey
- 11 November 1997
- HB reference
- HB02/11/002 B
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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
Two storey pink sandstone ashlar faced coach house and out-houses arranged in three ranges of approximately equal length to form a courtyard the 4th side of which is enclosed with a wall with gate and piers centrally placed. The centre symmetrical coach house block has a shallow neck front with pediment and six elliptical gateways and above each a square louvred opening ventilating the first floor. The flanking ranges seven bays long, have three round headed doorways with fanlights and the ground floor spaces lit by 12 pane Georgian sash windows. The upper floor is ventilated by 7 No. louvred openings. Each range is slated and gabled and abuts the next only at one corner. The north east gable of the south east range has a large bellcote. From the coach house there is a two storey return forming a dwelling house which is red brick faced on the north west facade and ½ of the north east gable, the remainder between sandstone. External steps give access to the floor over the coach house. The entire range is sited north east of the main house and beyond the land steward’s former dwelling. Its main axis is not just quite in line of the gateway leading into the courtyard of the house. There is an antique petrol pump near the entrance of the courtyard.
Historical information
This range of buildings is contemporary with the house and attributed to Charles Lanyon i.e. c1840s.
The house appears to have been added later It has a date in plaster of 1908 on the gable and a second date below indicating renovation in 1986.
References:
Guide to Irish Country Houses M Bench-Jones
UAHS Buildings of North Derry by Girvan
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
A. Style
B. Proportion
C. Ornamentation
D. Plan Form
K. Group value
Criteria for listing: historic interest
V. Authorship
X. Local Interest
Evaluation
Fine imposing symmetrically arranged outhouses enclosing a square coach yard in a severe Georgian classical style. The only blemish in the symmetry viewed from the courtyard is the large bellcote on the south east range.
Nearby in the register
- Drenagh Estate Gardener’s House & BarnEstate Related Structuresunder 1 mi
- Drenagh HouseCountry Houseunder 1 mi
- Walled Garden,Walled Garden Structureunder 1 mi
- Moon Garden,Garden Featuresunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.