Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
House
Derrygelly, Fermanagh and Omagh, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- House
- Date of construction
- 1820 - 1839
- Address
- House, Derrygelly, Rosslea, Co Fermanagh, BT92 7JZ
- Townland
- Derrygelly
- Council
- Fermanagh and Omagh
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.27594, -7.18531
- Date of survey
- 27 September 2000
- HB reference
- HB12/01/069
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1811 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
A ruinous single-storey three-bay vernacular dwelling with outbuilding, aligned E-W on E side of road.
Roof is now gone but was pitched and thatched. There is a lime rendered chimney between bays one and two, and to E gable. Walls are random rubble stone, with vestiges of lime render. Windows are gone and cills are stone.
Principal elevation faces S. Left bay wall is partially collapsed and has the remains of a concrete block cill. Central bay has a door opening with stone lintel at right and a window opening at left. Right bay has a window opening to centre.
W gable is blank.
Rear elevation has a window to middle and right bay.
N gable is abutted by a single storey three bay outbuilding, detailed as house but with a pitched corrugated metal roof and whitewashed walls. S elevation has a door to each bay. All other elevations are blank.
Historical information
A building is shown at this location on the 1834 OS 6” map.
Primary sources:
1. OS map, 1st edition 1834, Co Fermanagh 30.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
A formerly thatched vernacular dwelling set gable to the road in an isolated setting. It is now ruinous and retains few original features, save for a large traditional fireplace in central bay.
Nearby in the register
- Sweat Houseunder 1 mi
- Houseunder 1 mi
- Outbuilding next toOutbuildingsunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.