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Leafield

Forthill, Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Leafield, Forthill, Mid and East Antrim, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation
Record only (not listed)
Grade
Record Only
Type
Demolished
Date of construction
1820 - 1839
Address
Leafield, Island Road, Ballycarry, Larne, Co Antrim
Townland
Forthill
Council
Mid and East Antrim
Country
Northern Ireland
Coordinates
54.77086, -5.74576
Date of survey
07 August 1998
HB reference
HB06/05/009

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1811 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1817 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1824 · Scotland (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1825 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

The house called Leafield has been demolished leaving only the overgrown ruins of low rubble walls. Outbuildings which remain comprise a two-storey gabled block of rubble walls and slated roof in semi-derelict condition, adjoining a whitened single-storey range with corrugated iron roof.

This house was described in the first survey in 1970 as 'Pre 1831. A semi-derelict building , two storeys high with roughcast walls and slated roof. Outbuildings are ruinous.'

SETTING: The site is in a very rural area, comprising agricultural land.

Historical information

Appeared on OS map of 1831. This was the birthplace of General Sir James Stuart Steele, G.C.B., K.B.E., D.S.O., M.C., L.L.D. At one time he occupied the second highest appointment in the British Army for a tenure of three years.

References - Primary Sources

1. OS Map 1831, Co Antrim 47.

Secondary Sources

1. A. Dowlin, Ballycarry in Olden Days (Belfast, 1963), p 69.

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

A group of buildings of no architectural merit.

Nearby in the register

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

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