Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
6-8 Ballyclose Street
Rathbrady More, Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Demolished
- Date of construction
- 1840 - 1859
- Address
- 6-8 Ballyclose Street, Limavady, Co Londonderry, BT49 OBN
- Townland
- Rathbrady More
- Council
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 55.05400, -6.94719
- Date of survey
- 04 February 1998
- HB reference
- HB02/15/001
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 1838 "Ireland, north sheet." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
Modern brick restaurant building with patent glazed facade on the site of a storey and a half brick building which was in need of repair when first recorded in the early 1970s.
Historical information
Recorded in first listing survey of June 1970 as: ‘ c1840. A 1½ storey house, with basement at rear. The building is constructed of red brick and the roof is slated. The front elevation contains two D/H windows, a six pane shop window, with double doors surmounted by a rectangular patterned fanlight. The entrance is recessed in a segmental arched opening. The door is flanked by two unfluted Doric columns supporting a decorated frieze and small cornice. The fanlight is glazed with modern obscure glass’.
Reference
Historic Buildings Records
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
Demolished
Nearby in the register
- Ballyclose HouseShopunder 1 mi
- 90/92 Main StreetOfficeunder 1 mi
- The Olgiby Trust National SchoolHallunder 1 mi
- 86 Main StreetOfficeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.