47 Priestsessagh Road, Strabane BT81 7JY

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Detached three-bay two-storey lime rendered house, built c.1850. Rectangular on plan facing east, located on the west side of Priestsessagh Road, with front entrance porch and single-storey rubble outbuildings attached to either gable end.
Pitched natural slate roof, roll-moulded black clay ridge tiles and a pair of rendered chimneystacks to either gable end (that to the north gable is rebuilt using concrete bricks). Cast-iron rainwater goods on drive-through brackets to a brick lined eaves course. Rough-cast lime render over rubble stone walling. Square-headed window openings, masonry sills and original 6/6 timber sash windows with exposed sash boxes with convex horns and some cylinder glass.

Symmetrical three-bay two-storey front elevation with central gable-fronted entrance porch having pitched natural slate roof, lime rendered walling, a four-pane fixed-pane timber window to either cheek and a replacement sheeted timber door with rectangular overlight. Door opens onto concrete front area within small front garden enclosed to the road by a ruled-and-lined rendered wall with ridge-back cement coping, a pair of rendered piers and pedestrian wrought-iron gate opening onto the road.

South gable abutted by single-storey rubble outbuilding, now collapsed.

Three-bay two-storey rear elevation with exposed rubble stone walling and variety of square-headed window openings with stone sills and variety of timber sash windows.

North gable is blank and abutted by a modern concrete block outbuilding.

Set at an angle to the road, the range of outbuildings to the north has pitched natural slate roof, rubble stone walling and corrugated iron doors.

Roof Natural slate
Walling Lime render over rubble
Windows Timber sash
Rainwater goods Cast-iron

Historical information

There are buildings marked on the site on the first edition Ordnance Survey map of 1833, however, it would appear that the current building replaced an earlier structure.

The buildings are not listed in the Townland Valuation (1828-40), most likely because they were not of sufficient value. Griffith’s Valuation (1856-64) lists the occupier as Robert Waugh who leases the property from the Marquis of Abercorn. It is a house, offices and land valued at £2.5s later raised to £3 (undated change). In 1888 the property passes to Hugh Waugh who becomes the occupier in fee in 1889.

Post 1933 Margaret Waugh is the owner and the valuation of the house is raised to £5.5s (changes undated). The house comprises a kitchen, p[antry?], two receptions and four bedrooms. It is built of rubble masonry and slate and measures 35x24x19.

References:

Primary Sources:

1. PRONI OS/6/6/16/1 – Ordnance Survey Map (1833)
2. PRONI OS/6/6/16/2 – Ordnance Survey Map (1855)
3. PRONI OS/6/6/16/3 – Ordnance Survey Map (1905)
4. PRONI OS/6/6/16/4 – Ordnance Survey Map (1939)
5. PRONI VAL/1A/6/16 – Townland Valuation Map
6. PRONI VAL/1B/637A-F – Townland Valuation Records (1828-40)
7. PRONI VAL/2/B/6/40A – Griffith’s Valuation (1856-64)
8. PRONI VAL/12/B/35/17A-F – Annual Revision Records (1860-1929)
9. PRONI VAL/3/D/7/1P/2 – Valuers’ RV Binder (1933-1957)

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

A three-bay two-storey mid- nineteenth century lime rendered house located on the west side of Priestsessagh Road which represents an good example of this building type . This symmetrical rural house retains its traditional materials associated with the nineteenth-century including lime rendered rubble stone walls, natural slate roof and timber sash windows complete with exposed sash boxes and cylinder glass. See 'General Comments.'

General comments

Unfortunately this house is due to be granted planning approval for a replacement dwelling which will result in its demolition and hence it was not listed. 07.04.2010