Glenview House

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Detached three-bay two-storey Georgian house, built c.1820, located to the east side of Hazelhill Road. Rectangular-on-plan with two-storey extension to north, added c.1850, further abutted to west by single-storey lean-to extension.

Roof is pitched natural slate over corbelled eaves course with raised concrete verges (to west only); blue/black clay ridge tiles; rendered corbelled chimneys with various clay pots. Walls are ruled-and-lined render with banded quoins; roughcast to rear and east elevations. Windows are square-headed timber-framed 6/6 sliding sash with 2/2 margin lights (separated by timber mullions) in moulded architrave with keyblock (principal elevation only); painted masonry sills.

Principal elevation faces south and contains central replacement square-headed four-panelled timber entrance door surmounted by round-arched-headed glazed fanlight and flanked by square-headed sidelights; window to left and right; three windows at first floor.

East gable contains single timber casement window at first floor right.

North elevation is abutted by extension; north gable blank; east elevation contains 6/6 sliding sash window at ground floor left; 8/8 sliding sash window at ground floor right; two 6/6 sliding sash windows at first floor; west elevation contains two 6/6 sliding sash windows at first floor; abutted at ground floor by extension; exposed wall at left contains single 6/6 sliding sash window at first floor.

West gable contains single 8/8 sliding sash window at first floor left.

Setting:-
Set within private grounds with enclosed yard to north accessed via square rendered pillars to south-east and south-west supporting pair of wrought iron gates. Within yard, single-storey lean-to outbuilding to north; roof is natural slate; walls are painted rubble; square-headed vertically sheeted timber doors. Single-storey pitched outbuilding to west; roof is natural slate; walls are painted brick; two carriage arches to east elevation. Multi-bay two-storey outbuilding to east; roof is pitched natural slate; walls are random rubble with red brick surrounds to openings; all outbuildings added c.1850, although there are remains of earlier outbuilding to west.

Bounded to road by rubble walling; access from road to south-east through square rendered pillars supporting pair of cast-iron gates within alcoved entrance consisting of rendered plinth wall surmounted by cast-iron railings.

Roof: Natural slate
Walling: Render
Windows: Timber
RWG: Cast-iron

Historical information

The house is shown on the first edition OS Map of 1833.

The Townland Valuations (1828-40) record the Rev. Alexander Christie dwelling in the “house and office” valued at £7.12s.4d., with a note explaining the property is “too large for farm.”

In 1854, the second edition, it is captioned “Termon Cottage” and shown with an extension to rear and additional outbuildings. Griffiths Valuations record the “house, offices and land” owned and occupied by the Rev. Andrew Christie, valued at £8.

The Valuation Revisions (1860-1929) record that the Rev. Andrew Christie leases “House, offices and land” from Sir John M. Stewart Bt., which are valued at £13.0s.0d. Throughout the rest of the revisions, there are various changes of occupier but the value remains unchanged.

References:

Primary Sources:

1. PRONI OS/6/6/2/1-3 – Ordnance Survey Maps (1833, 1854, 1906)
2. PRONI VAL/1/A/6/2 – Townland Valuation Map(1828-40)
3. PRONI VAL/1/B/639A&B – Townland Valuation Records (1828-40)
4. PRONI VAL/2/A/6/2A-B – Griffith’s Valuation Map (1856-64)
5. PRONI VAL/2/B/6/42C – Griffith’s Valuation (1856-64)
6. PRONI VAL/12/B/42/18A-G – Annual Revision Records (1860-1925)

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

A. Style
B. Proportion
C. Ornamentation
D. Plan Form
I. Quality and survival of Interior
J. Setting

Criteria for listing: historic interest

X. Local Interest

Evaluation

A detached three-bay two-storey Georgian house, built c.1820. This simply detailed building has an early look and, although there has been some loss of original character, the original form and layout survive. The site is enclosed by the yard to the north including various rubble outbuildings laid out in a formal arrangement. It is a good and unusual example of a minor country house of the time.