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90 Portmuck Road

Portmuck, Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland

The record

Designation
Record only (not listed)
Grade
Record Only
Type
House
Date of listing
23 October 1979
Date of delisting
27 February 1989
Date of construction
1820 - 1839
Address
90 Portmuck Road, Portmuck, Islandmagee, Larne, Co Antrim
Townland
Portmuck
Council
Mid and East Antrim
Country
Northern Ireland
Coordinates
54.84842, -5.73494
Date of survey
08 November 1997
HB reference
HB06/04/023

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The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

The remains of a former thatched cottage of harled blackstone rubble now in a completely ruinous condition, along with the remains of a potato house standing to the east and joined by a right-angled stone wall. The buildings stand on an open and elevated site overlooking the sea. Described in the first survey in 1972 as 'A thatched cottage with harled and whitened walls and three chimneys. Length about 30m with dwelling and outbuildings under one roof. Dwelling is lighted by one 16-pane, one 12-pane and one plain-sashed window on the southeast side. Entrance door is sheeted. Thatched square potato house to the south-east.'

Historical information

Appears on OS map of 1832. Listed in 1979; delisted in 1989 at which stage it was derelict.

References - Primary

1. OS Map 1832, Co Antrim 41.

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

This is a building which has fallen into a completely derelict and ruinous condition.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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