Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Farm Building
Summerhill, Fermanagh and Omagh, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade B2
- Grade
- B2
- Type
- Outbuildings
- Date of listing
- 7 June 1991
- Date of construction
- 1800 - 1819
- Address
- Farm Building, Summerhill, Newtownbutler, Co. Fermanagh, BT92 6LZ
- Townland
- Summerhill
- Council
- Fermanagh and Omagh
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.20278, -7.25077
- Date of survey
- 10 October 2000
- HB reference
- HB12/01/030 B
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
A symmetrical three-bay outbuilding with advanced gabled bay to centre. Outbuilding is one-and-a-half-storey to principal W elevation falling to accommodate an additional storey to rear E elevation. Outbuilding is aligned roughly N-S to the E of Summerhill House (HB12/01/030A).
Pitched corrugated metal roof. Walls are lime-rendered random rubble stone with stone dressings to openings and a stone stringcourse (at eaves level of main block) to gabled bay.
Left and right bays are identical. Each has a central door opening flanked by a window opening. Door to right bay is a t+g barn door with a timber 1x1 side-hung casement window with stone cill to each side.
Projecting central bay has a large two-stage semicircular-headed carriage opening with stone vouissoirs and stepped reveal. Above is a large loading door opening with stone reveal, cill and timber lintel. The left and right cheeks are blank.
Left gable is blank.
Rear elevation has a semicircular-headed opening with brick dressings to ground floor of each bay. First floor has a loading door opening to left bay; centre bay has two window openings that to the right has a 6/6 sliding sash and that to left is set at a higher level and is smaller. Right bay has an infilled window opening. At attic level of left bay is a small window opening; other bays are blank.
Right gable has an opening to ground floor centre.
Historical information
Shown on the 1834 OS 6” map and associated with ‘Summer Hill’. Probably of similar date to the house, ie late 18th/ early 19th century.
Primary sources:
1. OS map, 1st edition, 1834, Co Fermanagh sheet 40.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
A symmetrical outbuilding with gabled centre bay. It is constructed in rubble stone with dressed stone to openings. Set within a maturely planted farmyard .
General comments
This record was previously numbered HB12/01/032.
Nearby in the register
- Summerhill HouseHouseunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- Drumady Methodist ChurchChurchunder 1 mi
- Garden houseEstate Related Structuresunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.