The Chase Farm

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Detached multi-bay two-storey farm building, built c.1920, located to the east side of Gortin Road. Rectangular-on-plan with attached single-storey building to north-west; single-storey lean-to to north-east.

Roof is barrelled corrugated metal over timber eaves. Walls are exposed rubble with fieldstone quoins; lime-rendered to south. Windows are square-headed timber framed (now removed due to fire) with brick voussoirs; all have sandstone sills.

Principal elevation faces south and contains, at ground floor, three segmental-headed carriage-arches with double brick voussoirs at ground floor; divided at left by two square-headed doors each flanked at right by two windows, and divided at right by lean-to shed and single window; to right, further four square-headed openings. At first floor, thirteen square-headed openings.

West elevation is abutted by house; exposed section is blank.

North elevation is abutted at right by single-storey outbuilding and at left by lean-to; exposed section contains various square-headed openings.

East elevation contains single window opening at each floor.

Attached single-storey farm building has pitched corrugated roof; walls are exposed rubble, largely rebuilt in concrete blockwork. Openings have concrete lintels.

Setting:-
Set within farmyard to east of three-bay one-and-a-half-storey house, built c.1870; roof is pitched natural slate; walls are smooth rendered; windows are timber framed 2/2 sliding sashes.

Roof: Corrugated metal
Walling: Random rubble
Windows: Timber framed (removed)
Rainwater goods Cast-iron

Historical information

A dwelling is first shown here on the third edition OS map of 1906, captioned ‘Woodlands’. The small extensions to the west and north elevation and the L-shaped outbuildings do not appear until the fourth edition of 1935-7. The area surrounding the complex is captioned ‘The Chase Farm’.

Valuation Revisions record a ‘herd’s house & land’, which is leased from the Rev. James Byrne and occupied by James Mc Neil. The building valuation is 10s. Wiliam Joyce becomes the occupier in 1867. In 1869 the value increases from to £4.10s and in 1872 to £5.5s. A plan of the new house is drawn in the margin of the fieldbook..

In 1907 William Joyce becomes the owner in fee and in 1914 the valuation is revised from £5.5s to £12. This may reflect improvements including the addition of the large L-shaped outbuilding block. William Canon Gould is the occupier in 1918.

After 1934 the owner in fee becomes Daniel Burns and the value of the house and outbuildings is subsequently raised to £17 (undated changes). The house at this time comprises three rooms, a small bedroom, kitchen, pantry and scullery downstairs and four bedrooms upstairs. A plan and dimensions are given which show a house and porch composed of rubble masonry and slate and outbuildings constructed of rubble masonry and corrugated iron. The valuer notes, ‘Gable windows in house…No water in house. Oil lamps.’

References:

Primary Sources

1. PRONI OS/6/6/35/1-4 - Ordnance Survey Maps (1833, 1854, 1906, 1935-7)
2. PRONI VAL/12/B/41/32A G– Valuation Revisions (1860-1929)
3. PRONI VAL/12/D/6/35E – Valuation Revisions Map
4. PRONI VAL/3/D/7/8EE/2 – Valuers’ RV Binder (1933-57)

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

A substantial multi-bay two-storey barrel-roofed farm building, built c.1920. Although remaining a robust structure, the building has suffered fire damage resulting in the loss of original windows and doors. Original form and proportions remain intact and the building displays a simple palette of materials common to rural farm buildings of the era. However, it is a common type of a late date and insufficient fabric survives to merit listing.

General comments

Formerly LQ025