12 Drumquin Road

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Detached three-bay single-storey white-washed house, built c.1820, formerly direct-entry. Road-fronted, rectangular on plan, facing south, located on the east side of Drumquin road at a T-junction with its west gable fronting onto Drumquin Road.

Pitched natural slate roof, black clay ridge tiles and three large rendered chimneystacks. Plastic rainwater goods to timber fascia. Lime-washed lime render over rubblestone walling, cement render to either gable end. Square-headed window openings, concrete sills and replacement timber casement and uPVC windows (unless otherwise stated).

Three-bay front elevation with off-centre windbreaker entrance porch having lean-to slated roof and replacement timber door opening directly onto the road.

West gable fronts onto Drumquin Road, set at a lower level.

Rear three-bay elevation with central outshot having catslide natural slate roof. To the left of the outshot is a square-headed window opening with original 3/6 timber sash window with exposed sash box.
East gable is blank.

Roof Natural slate
Walling Lime-wash over rubblestone
Windows Replacement timber casement / uPVC / 6/6 timber sash
Rainwater goods Plastic

Historical information

The house first appears on the second edition Ordnance Survey map of 1855.

In Griffith’s Valuation (1856-64) it is listed as a ‘house and garden’ valued at 9s for the house and 1s for the garden. Arthur Little leases it from Mary Chism, later amended to Rev. John Crockett. In 1876, Andrew Chisholm leases the property from John G Smyly. The designation is amended to ‘house and shop’ and the valuation rises to £1. In 1883 John Cunningham becomes the occupier and in 1901 he is the lessor, letting the property to James Scott. It is no longer a shop by this time and the valuation has dropped to 10s. Matthew Scott is the lessor by 1918.

By 1934 William Hamilton occupies the house and leases it from Matthew Scott. Its valuation is £5.5s, reduced on appeal to £4 in 1935. It comprises a kitchen and one room (both unceiled) and a further room. The house has been occupied by tenant for 15 years. It is of rubble masonry and slate and measures 43x16x11 and 9x3x6. In 1935 the landlord describes it as a ‘labourer’s cottage’ and the valuer comments, “House situated ¾ mile from Castlederg on roadside, is a three bay slated house but one room is uninhabitable having neither floor nor ceiling, at present used for hens with entrance through back window. Kitchen has stone floor and no ceiling. Room has wooden floor and ceiling.”

References:

Primary Sources

1. PRONI OS/6/6/16/2 – Second Edition OS Map (1855)
2. PRONI OS/6/6/16/3 – Third Edition OS Map (1905)
3. PRONI OS/6/6/16/4 – Fourth Edition OS Map (1939)
4. PRONI VAL/2/A/6/16 – Griffiths’ Valuation Map
5. PRONI VAL/2/B/6/39 - Griffith’s Valuation (1856-64)
6. PRONI VAL/12/B/35/6A-F – Annual Revision Records (1860-1924)
7. PRONI VAL/3/D/7/1E/1 – Valuers’ RV Binder (1933-57)

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

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Evaluation

A small single-storey dwelling exhibiting many of the essential characteristics of the vernacular tradition including, natural slate roof, white-washed lime rendered walls, outshot, windbreaker porch and a single early timber sash window. While the interior has lost most original fabric, its position at a lower level than the main road provides an attractive feature on the roadscape. Due to the lost of interior detailing and other changes this house's architectural interest is reduced.