Crevenagh Road,

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Detached symmetrical two-bay two-storey house, built c.1860, located to the north side of Crevenagh Road, Omagh. Rectangular-on-plan facing east with central single-storey return at west.

Roof is pitched natural slate, blue/black clay ridge tiles; two brick corbelled gable chimneystacks; brick corbelled eaves supporting original u-profile cast-iron rainwater goods; walls are roughcast rendered random rubble; windows are square-headed 2/2 vertically divided timber sliding sashes (3/6 at first floor) with exposed boxes and projecting stone cills unless otherwise stated.

Principal elevation faces east and is largely overgrown by vegetation; central timber panelled entrance door flanked by window at each side; three windows at first floor.

Left (south) gable is largely overgrown by vegetation exposed section contains single window at right at first floor.

Rear (west) elevation is abutted at centre by single-storey lean-to extension, detailed as main house with corrugated metal sheeted roof. Exposed section at left contains dipartite timber casement window; exposed section at right is largely overgrown and any windows are not visible; three 1/1 timber sliding sashes at first floor.

Right (north) gable is blank.

Single-storey lean-to extension west elevation contains replacement timber casement at right; left cheek contains timber panelled entrance door; right cheek is blank.

Setting

The house is accessed by lane from south; adjacent two-storey outbuilding at north built c.1830 is traditionally constructed with pitched natural slate roof, lime rendered random rubble walling, brick surrounds with timber lintels containing a few remaining timber sheeted doors; stone steps to south elevation access a loft door at first floor. Coach house to west is single-storey with corrugated metal sheeted roof and lime rendered random rubble walling, open to north side.

Roof Natural Slate
Walling Roughcast
Windows timber
RWG cast-iron

Historical information

The house first appears on the third edition OS map of 1906, and can be dated stylistically to c.1860. However there have been buildings on the plot from the first edition OS map of 1833 and some of these appear to have survived.

The house is listed in Griffith’s Valuation as occupied by John Johnston and leased from James Sheil. It is valued at £4. A cottier’s house is added to the plot in 1877 at a value of 15s. Robert Mullin is the occupier in 1885 and he becomes the owner in fee in 1896.

References:

Primary Sources

1. PRONI OS/6/6/43/1 – First Edition OS Map (1833)
2. PRONI OS/6/6/43/2 – Second Edition OS Map (1854)
3. PRONI OS/6/6/43/3 – Third Edition OS Map (1906)
4. PRONI OS/6/6/43/4 – Fourth Edition OS Map (1936-8)
5. PRONI VAL/1/A/6/43 – Townland Valuation Map
6. PRONI VAL/1/B/626B – Townland Valuation (1828-40)
7. PRONI VAL/2/A/6/43 – Griffiths’ Valuation Map
8. PRONI VAL/2/B/6/28 – Griffith’s Valuation (1856-64)
9. PRONI VAL/12/B/41/6A-F – Annual Revision Records (1860-1929)

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Detached symmetrical two-bay two-storey house, built c.1860, located to the north side of Crevenagh Road, Omagh. The house retains its original plan form and proportions as well as some details internally. The outbuildings to north and west are built with traditional construction techniques and remain largely intact, retaining original openings. However, it is not of special architectural or historic interest, being of a relatively late date and common type..