7 Dublin Street,

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

An attached two-bay two-storey rendered house, built c.1820, located on the west side of Dublin Street. Rectangular on plan, facing east; modern two-storey pitched extension to rear.

Pitched natural slate roof, angled blue/black clay ridge tiles, half-round painted metal gutters. Walling is roughcast over smooth-rendered plinth with rendered cornice. Windows are square-headed painted timber sashes with small panes of various configurations; rendered sills.

Principal (east) elevation is asymmetrical with a square-headed replacement timber door to left end, single window to right with 6/6 sash over at first floor right and diminished 4/4 sash to left.

South gable is entirely abutted by adjoining building.

West elevation is abutted by modern extension. Exposed section at left has single modern casement window to each floor.

North gable is entirely abutted by adjoining building.

The house is situated near the junction of Dublin Road and Main Street, adjoining the 5 Dublin Road (HB10/04/027) to north and 9 Dublin Road (HB10/04/028B), situated near St. Eugene’s Church of Ireland Church (HB10/04/003) and the former Minor Model National School (HB10/04/008).

Roof: Pitched natural slate roof, angled blue/black clay ridge tiles.
Walling: Roughcast over smooth-rendered plinth with rendered cornice
Windows:Square-headed painted timber 9/6 sashes, rendered sills
RWG: Half-round painted metal gutters.

Historical information

There are buildings shown on the site from the time of the 1833 OS Map. Unfortunately the earliest town plan, which dates from 1828-40, has not survived, and the building is not, therefore, identifiable in the Townland Valuation.

The first clear mention of the building is in Griffith’s Valuation and on the associated Town Plan (1856-64) which gives dimensions as follows: House 20x22.6x13.6, addition 10x1.6x6 and office valued together at £2 15s 2d. At this time, the building’s address is 3 Upper Street and it is occupied by Anne Porter and leased from Miss Emily Barton (noted to be gentry of the town in Slater’s Directory of 1846).

Revisions (1860-63) bring the value up to £4. In the 1870s the house is occupied by Charles Maguire and leased from Andrew Monteith. 5s is added for a ‘new office’. There are various changes of occupier through the revisions and the lessor becomes R Donnelly in 1908.

In 1934 the house is described as ‘very poor’ by the valuer, consisting of a kitchen and one room on the ground floor and three bedrooms on the first floor. The only water is in the yard and there is a dry closet. Measurements are given. The value is raised at unknown date to £5 and the lessor becomes Mary Ann McNamee.

The interior was refurbished c.1985 and little original detailing remains.

References:

Primary Sources

1.PRONI OS/6/6/17/1 – Ordnance Survey Map 1833
2.PRONI OS/6/6/17/2 – Ordnance Survey Map 1854
3.PRONI OS/6/6/17/3 – Ordnance Survey Map 1905
4.PRONI VAL/1A/6/17 – Townland Valuation Map
5.PRONI VAL/1B/637A-F – Townland Valuation Records (1828-1840)
6.PRONI VAL/2/D/6/10 – Griffith’s Valuation Town Plan (1849-1869)
7.PRONI VAL/2/B/6/40B – Griffith’s Valuation Records (1858)
8.PRONI VAL/12/E/160/1 – Annual Revision Records Town Plan (1898)
9.PRONI VAL/12/E/160/2 – Annual Revision Records Town Plan (1908)
10.PRONI VAL/12/B/42/27A-F – Annual Revision Records (1860-1929)
11.PRONI VAL/3/D/7/107/2 – Valuers RV Binders (1933-57)

Secondary Sources

1.Slater’s Directory of Ireland 1846

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

A two-bay two-storey asymmetrical house, built c.1820, located on the west side of Dublin Street. The front of the house retains original style windows and nineteenth-century proportions, however, the rear of the house has been extended and lost most of the original detailing, as has the interior. The front elevation contributes positively to the Newtownstewart Conservation Area

General comments

This record has been renumbered. It was previously HB10/04/028.