Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
House at Ballylig Road
Ballylig, Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Demolished
- Date of construction
- 1840 - 1859
- Address
- House at Ballylig Road, Magheramorne, Larne, Co Antrim
- Townland
- Ballylig
- Council
- Mid and East Antrim
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.81024, -5.78041
- Date of survey
- 30 May 1998
- HB reference
- HB06/05/020
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 1831 "Scotland southern." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
This house has been demolished and replaced by a modern house.
Described in the first survey in 1970 as 'A 1 1/2 storey house with lean-to building at rear; the walls are harled and whitened; the roof is slated. The sheeted door, surmounted by a rectangular five-pane fanlight is flanked either side by a double double-hung window with cross glazing bars in sashes. The entrance bay is slightly recessed. Windows and door are surmounted by label mouldings. The chimney is rendered.'
Historical information
Appears on OS map of 1857 marked as a gate lodge, apparently in connection with the Magheramorne House which preceded the present one. Superseded as a gate lodge when the present Magheramorne House was erected in 1880.
References - Primary Sources
1. OS Map 1857, Co Antrim 41.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
Demolished and replaced by a modern house.
Nearby in the register
- Magheramorne Presbyterian Church,Churchunder 1 mi
- 40-42 Ballypollard RoadHouseunder 1 mi
- Telephone KioskTelephone kioskunder 1 mi
- Houses on Quinton AvenueHouseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.