Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
1 Town Lane
Cloghfin, Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade B1
- Grade
- B1
- Type
- House
- Date of listing
- 23 October 1979
- Date of construction
- 1820 - 1839
- Address
- 1 Town Lane, Cloghfin, Islandmagee, Larne, Co Antrim, BT40 3SZ
- Townland
- Cloghfin
- Council
- Mid and East Antrim
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.78210, -5.70452
- Date of survey
- 20 September 1997
- HB reference
- HB06/04/005
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
A single storey thatched cottage with harled and whitened walls, with a later wooden porch; timber sash windows, vertically hung.
The roof timberwork is original.
Historical information
A building is shown on this site on the OS map of 1831 / 32, however it is not included in the contemporary valuation. It is recorded in the second valuation of 1860, however, the occupant listed as Jane Macklemain, Col. Charles P. Leslie the immediate lessor, and the rateable value calculated at 10/-.
References- Primary sources
1 PRONI VAL/1A/1/47 OS map, County Antrim sheet 47, with valuation
references (1831 / 32-c.38)
2 PRONI VAL/2A/1/47A OS map, County Antrim sheet 47, with valuation references (1857-c.60)
3 PRONI VAL/2B/1/34A Second valuation, Islandmagee (1860)
Appears on OS map of 1831.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
B. Proportion
D. Plan Form
F. Structural System
Criteria for listing: historic interest
X. Local Interest
Evaluation
A very good example of a vernacular type which is now rare, which retains its original roof structure and other original features, and is a property of great character.
Nearby in the register
- Marburn CottageHouseunder 1 mi
- Mullaghdubh Primary SchoolSchoolunder 1 mi
- Roselawn CottageHouseunder 1 mi
- Woodbine CottageHouseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.