Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Minniebrook
South West Ballycarry, Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Outbuildings
- Date of construction
- 1760 - 1779
- Address
- Minniebrook, Manse Road, Ballycarry, Larne, Co Antrim
- Townland
- South West Ballycarry
- Council
- Mid and East Antrim
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.77149, -5.76049
- Date of survey
- 07 August 1998
- HB reference
- HB06/05/004
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1757 "Carte Reduite des Isles Britanniques Troisieme Feuille Partie Meridionale de l'Ecosse." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
A two-storey house with rendered walls and a hipped roof but in derelict condition and missing its roof covering, formerly of natural slates. Symmetrical front elevation with central rectangular timber ledged door surmounted by a plain four-paned fanlight; semi-circular headed window over, with flanking tripartite windows to each floor; all glazing now missing.
Setting: the building stands surrounded by trees and situated in a field in a rural area, set back some distance from the main road but with a modern house now built directly in front of it.
Historical information
Appears on OS map of 1831 but not named; called Manybrook on OS map of 1858; called Minniebrook on OS map of 1902. Believed to have been the manse of the Presbyterian minister, Rev J. Bankhead, who was ordained in August 1762 or 1763. Replacement dwelling (no 34A Manse Road) erected in front of it in 1989.
References - Primary Sources
1. OS Map 1831, Co Antrim 47.
2. OS Map 1858, Co Antrim 47.
3. OS Map 1902, Co Antrim 47.
Secondary Sources
1. A. Dowlin, Ballycarry in Olden Days (Belfast, 1963), p 35 [includes a pen and ink drawing of the house as it was in the 1960s].
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
This building was originally a handsome example of a vernacular Georgian classical style house but it has fallen into a state of almost complete dereliction.
Nearby in the register
- James Orr’s CottageOutbuildingsunder 1 mi
- 36 Manse RoadOutbuildingsunder 1 mi
- Templecorran HouseHouseunder 1 mi
- 14 Manse RoadHouseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.