9 Main Street

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

An Edwardian terrace of three two storey brick houses with slate roofs, one roof light each and brick chimneys. The terrace is on the south side of Main Street near the south west end, and is flanked by lower two storey rendered buildings and a three storey Georgian terrace. Each house has an entrance door in the north east side, with rectangular fanlight window above. Two, two pane sash windows are to the south west, with two similar directly above. A band of blue brick runs between the heads of the windows and fanlight along the ground floor of the terrace. A similar bond runs between windows at first floor. Each opening has a blue brick keystone. At eaves level the ogee gutter is held up by a continuous decorated brick cornice.

To the rear each building has a small return with lean-to slate roof. All sashes to the rear have four panes. The return to number 11 is rendered and slightly enlarged. Its end aligns with the back of the much wider Georgian house next door.

Historical information

A row of thatched houses is indicated on the 1830 Ordnance Survey Map. 1848 map notes that the yard to the rear is held in ‘common’ with houses on Linenhall Street. The grandfather of the owner of No. 11 built the terraced row. Ownership of all three houses is still in the family. A photograph of the thatched houses pre 1904 can be seen in Limavady and the Roe Valley by Rev TH Mullin.

Reference:Reference

Primary Sources:
OS Map 'Newtown Limavady' enlarged from 1st Edition Map (1831) PRONI: Val 2D/5/4 & T2933/4/126
OS Map 'Newtown Limavady' (1848 revision with notes of 1858 valuation) PRONI: 058/120/1/1 & T2933/3/140
OS Map ' Town of Limavady' (1895) PRONI:Val 2D/5/4 & 293/4/261
OS Map ' Town of Limavady' (1907) PRONI:058/120/2/3

Secondary Sources
D Girvan, 'The Buildings of north Derry' UAHS 1975 p9
TH Mullan 'Limavady and the Roe Valley' Limavady Council 1983 p75
Occupant of No11

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

A. Style
B. Proportion
C. Ornamentation
D. Plan Form

Criteria for listing: historic interest

X. Local Interest

Evaluation

A neat well maintained row of terraced houses from the turn of the century which fit well into the rising street-scape of Main Street, Limavady.