8-12 Clady Road

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Terrace of three two-storey former houses, built c.1850 by unknown architect, located along the south side of Clady Road. Rectangular on plan with ancillary farm buildings to rear. Pitched natural slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles having cast-iron gutters on plain eaves. Five rendered red brick chimneystacks with cornice detailing to gable and party walls.

North-facing principal elevation is asymmetrical, composed of three properties; ends-of-terrace (Houses 1&3) have three bays and central property (House 2) has four bays. Walling is pebbledash with painted render stringcourse, stepped quoins and plinth. Window-openings are square-headed with plain reveals, painted rendered surrounds and painted projecting masonry cills throughout; western ground-floor window to House 1 is camber-headed. Square-head entrance opening to House 1, having plain reveals and painted rendered surround lined to appear as voussoirs; House 2 has square-headed door opening with plain reveals within decorative painted rendered surround containing four-panelled timber door under plain transom with flanking sidelights; House 3 door same as west.

East elevation of same decoration as front with two string courses and roundel demarcated in painted render to centre of gable end. Walling extends to rear following roof pitch of rear extension. First-floor window situated towards front.

Rear (south) elevation mostly obscured by boundary walls. Extensions to rear of terrace visible; House 3 is single-storey with mono-pitched corrugated iron roof and cast-iron rainwater goods; House 2 is two-storey with felted flat roof and uPVC rainwater goods.

West elevation same as east elevation with no extension of walling to rear.

Principal elevation is street-fronted with residential properties opposite and bridge over River Bann immediately to west. Yard to west and rear contains various ancillary farming buildings of differing ages, roof pitches and materials. Walling to west is roughcast render with painted render plinth and coping; wall to east is rubble masonry with gate piers.

Roof: Natural slate
Walling: Pebbledash/ painted render
Windows: Timber frame (all boarded up)
RWG: Cast-iron/ uPVC

Setting:
Terrace located immediately west of Bann Bridge (HB07/06/017).

Historical information

This terrace of three is located in the settlement of Glenone, next to the town of Portglenone. A T-plan terrace first appears on the Second Edition Ordnance Survey map (1849-53) with the earlier First Edition OS map (1831) attesting to the existence of four detached structures which previously occupied the land. These earlier structures were apparently demolished to allow for the construction of the terrace in the mid-nineteenth century. It is not apparent whether it was originally composed of only two dwellings as Griffith’s Valuation records state that one property was owned by Robert Murdock and another by Sarah McGrannell and Margaret McFadden. By the Third Edition OS map (1905) the terrace is clearly reflective of the current plan form, with the eastern end extending further to the rear than the other two houses. Seemingly, the outbuildings to the rear were added in a piecemeal fashion over the subsequent decades.

References

Primary sources:
1. PRONI OS/6/5/33/1 First Edition OS map (1831)
2. PRONI OS/6/5/33/3 Third Edition OS map (1905)

Online sources:
1.http://askaboutireland.ie [accessed 11/12/19]

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

This terrace of three houses is a grouping which was found throughout Ireland in the mid-nineteenth century. The terrace has local interest, its historic gable marking the start of buildings along Clady Road on the western side of the Bann Bridge (HB07/06/017). Externally, it retains some of its historic fabric and is neatly proportioned. The scale and style of the terrace is in keeping with the historic townscape found on the opposite side of Bann Bridge in Portglenone. Though of local interest, insufficient original historic fabric is evident in this terrace for it to be considered of special interest; better and more intact examples of this common building type exist and are protected by listing.

General comments

Listing Query ref: HB/08/LQ/050