Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
67 Windyhill Road
Drumalief, Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade B2
- Grade
- B2
- Type
- House
- Date of listing
- 13 March 2002
- Date of construction
- 1820 - 1839
- Address
- 67 Windyhill Road, Drumalief, Limavady, Co Londonderry, BT49 OQZ
- Townland
- Drumalief
- Council
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 55.07752, -6.90694
- Date of survey
- 05 November 1997
- HB reference
- HB02/11/019
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1811 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
Two room direct entry former thatched house now with corrugated metal roof. Main facade faces due west onto a yard created by a bend in the river Lynn. Single barn in line to north white washed as main house with a lean-to shed against its gable. Concrete block sheds in line to south not white washed but with the corrugated metal roof of the main house. Sheeted entrance door off centre. One four pane sash window to south two smaller four pane sashes to north. Two chimneys on ridge, one aligning with each end of the house.
Sand /cement rendered blockwork barn of similar width and pitch as house 1.5m directly behind house. Four small sash windows unequally spaced along the rear facade of the house. No bed outshot.
The building is situated in a dip in the small hills surrounding the Lynn river and is perpendicular to Windyhill Road 20 metres away. In a field to the west two well maintained gate posts with strap iron gate complement the
setting.
Historical information
Shown on 1831 map. Photograph found in house from early in the century showing building thatched. Windows have been slightly altered since. Half door. Door to north barn has been widened and a window blocked up. Thatch continued over barn. Barns and lean to of blockwork. Access to roofspace not possible to ascertain if original structure remains. Neighbour thinks thatch removed in 1950s.
References:
O.S.S. 1831
Owner (1997)
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
A. Style
B. Proportion
D. Plan Form
H-. Alterations detracting from building
I. Quality and survival of Interior
Criteria for listing: historic interest
X. Local Interest
Evaluation
A good example of a two room vernacular direct entry cottage, beautifully situated in a depression at a bend of a river. The subdivision of the main rooms is an interesting hybrid of the type. With the exception of the concrete floors and the upper room fireplace, all the original fittings are well preserved including the door stop from a broken horse shoe iron
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.