Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
5 Laragh Lane
Laragh, Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade B1
- Grade
- B1
- Type
- House
- Date of listing
- 29 September 2006
- Date of construction
- 1820 - 1839
- Address
- 5 Laragh Lane, Maghera, Co. Londonderry, BT46 5NT
- Townland
- Laragh
- Council
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.92800, -6.69960
- Date of survey
- 09 November 2004
- HB reference
- HB03/02/036
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 1811 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
The house faces east and is approached by a short path leading from the right (east) side of Laragh Lane about one third of a mile from the intersection with Laragh Road.
Laragh Road travels in a north-westerly direction from the main Swatragh / Garvagh Road about one mile from the former town.
A single storey, three bay, direct entry house with remains of thatch under corrugated iron roofing between concrete parapets part of which is missing on the left-hand (south) side. There are three rendered corbelled chimneystacks, one serving the kitchen hearth and the others above the gables. There are remains of metal guttering below the eaves.
The front elevation is finished with a form of pebbledash terminated at either end with slightly raised alternating quoins.
Plain vertically sliding windows with exposed frames and shaped sash stops are positioned three to the left (south) of the entrance and one to the right. Sills are of traditional depths. All openings are set within slightly raised cement surrounds.
The building extends on the right (north side) in a single bay byre with corrugated iron roofing finished with a concrete parapet. The gutter is of metal and the entrance is protected externally with a sheet of corrugated iron. The gable is of exposed stonework where it is not obscured by a lean-to store with roughcast finish and timber sheeted door.
A handle pump is set in front of the north end of the main house.
To the left (south) there is an extensive range of buildings sheathed entirely in corrugated iron.
Historical information
The house appears in existing form on both OS maps in each case without outbuildings.
References – Primary Sources
1. OS map, 1st edition 1831-32, Co. Londonderry sheet 26
2. OS map, 1st revision 1853, Co. Londonderry sheet 26
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
A. Style
B. Proportion
C. Ornamentation
D. Plan Form
I. Quality and survival of Interior
J. Setting
Criteria for listing: historic interest
X. Local Interest
Z. Rarity
Evaluation
A single storey, three-bay, direct entry house facing east with remains of thatch under corrugated iron roofing. The original layout, including the outshot, is unaltered and the roof retains an early form of construction involving rough-hewn timbers secured by timber pegs The contiguous outbuilding and pump merit inclusion.The buildings are a good surviving example of the vernacular type.
Nearby in the register
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- KILLELAGH PARISH CHURCH DRUMBANE LANECHURCH2 mi
- THE RAFTERS BARPUBLIC HOUSE2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.