'Strathlomond',

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Detached three-bay two-storey house (with attic), built c.1870, located to the east side of Crevenagh Road. Rectangular-on-plan with two-storey canted bay to north and projecting bay to west; two-storey flat-roofed extension to south.

Roof is pitched natural slate with terracotta ridge tiles (flat roof to centre contains pitched glazed rooflight); decorative carved timber bargeboards (plain to rear); corbelled red brick chimneys with yellow brick detailing and clay pots. Walls are English garden wall bonded red brick with sandstone quoins over sandstone plinth; decorative string course to first floor level. Windows are square-headed timber-framed 2/2 (horizontal panes) sliding sashes at ground floor and segmental-arched-headed at first floor; all have brick voussoirs with carved keyblock detail and shared sandstone sills.

Principal elevation faces north; gabled left bay has fretted bargeboards; two windows at ground and first floor and single window to attic; central bay contains entrance opening consisting of timber panelled double-leaf doors (accessed by stone steps) surmounted by segmental-arched-headed fanlight in moulded architrave flanked at each side by brick piers supporting segmental-headed canopy; single window at first floor; gabled right bay is abutted by canted bay containing single window at each floor to each cheek; small 1/1 sliding sash window to attic.

East elevation contains four windows at ground floor (second from left previously door opening, now blocked); small timber casement window flanked at left and right by window at first floor. Elevation abutted at ground floor left by outbuilding (now rear entrance to house).

South elevation consists of pair of gables; left gable contains single window at ground and first floor right; two small windows to attic; window at ground floor and half-landing to centre; right gable abutted by flat-roofed extension; exposed section is blank.

West elevation contains two windows at each floor left; abutted on right by projecting gabled bay containing two windows at each floor; single window at each floor to left and right cheeks.

Set within mature gardens on elevated site; access from Crevenagh Road at west through pair of wrought-iron gates supported by square rubble piers with sandstone coping; pedestrian access at left. Enclosed yard to rear accessed through pair of timber gates supported by square brick pillars with sandstone coping. Outbuildings have asbestos tiled pitched roofs and brick walling; openings have brick voussoirs. Single-storey outbuilding at south (abutting house) is partially rebuilt and contains vertically-sheeted door and window at right accessing rear hall of house. Two-storey stable-block at east contains vertically-sheeted doors and timber casement windows at ground floor surmounted by louvred openings at first floor; rear elevation is smooth rendered. Single-storey rubble cottage with thatched roof to south-east built as folly recently.

Roof Natural slate
Walling Red brick
Windows Timber
Rainwater goods Cast-iron

Historical information

The building first appears on the third edition OS map of 1906 captioned ‘Strathlomond’ together with stables to the east.

It is entered into the records in 1908 as a vacant property valued at £45, the lessor being Lieutenant Colonel J D Buchanan. In 1909 it is occupied by Colonel Irvine and in 1921 the lessor is Frederick Johnston.

H E Olphert becomes the occupier in fee, post 1934 and the value is adjusted to £55. In 1935 the valuer notes that there is no electric or gas lighting and the water supply is by hand pump and ‘dependent on rainfall’ but he also notes that the villa is ‘extremely well-built…main rooms very spacious and well-proportioned…Good situation in ornamental gardens.’

The extension to rear was built c.1990, to reflect style of house. Originally, principal room (G07) at ground floor was two rooms, indicated by ceiling beam and differing cornicing. Rooms F03 and F07 at first floor appear also to have been subdivided at a later stage to create ensuite bathroom.

References:

Primary Sources

1. PRONI OS/6/6/35/3 – Third Edition OS Map (1906)
2. PRONI OS/6/6/35/4 – Fourth Edition OS Map (1935-7)
3. PRONI OS/6/6/35/5 - Fifth Edition OS Map (1964)
4. PRONI VAL/12/B/41/36A-M – Annual Revision Records (1860-1929)
5. PRONI VAL/3/D/7/8R/1 – Valuers RV Binder (1933-57)

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

A detached three-bay two-storey house (with attic), built c.1870, located to the east side of Crevenagh Road. The layout incorporates rooms of large proportions; a large rooflight to the centre of the roof allows light into the deep plan. Detailing is typical of a house from the late Victorian era with rich brick relief and fretted timberwork barge-boards. While of local interest, it is not among the best examples of the type.

General comments

While of local interest, it is not among the best examples of the type.