Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Former Gardeners' Bothy
Inisherk, Fermanagh and Omagh, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade B1
- Grade
- B1
- Type
- Walled Garden Structure
- Date of listing
- 7 March 1997
- Date of construction
- 1800 - 1819
- Address
- Former Gardeners' Bothy, Crom Castle Estate, Newtownbutler, Co Fermanagh, BT92 8AP
- Townland
- Inisherk
- Council
- Fermanagh and Omagh
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.16433, -7.45597
- Date of survey
- 13 December 2000
- HB reference
- HB12/02/002 L
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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 single storey / three bay gardener’s cottage aligned N-S at the NW corner of the Walled Garden on Inisherk Island, Crom Estate.
Pitched natural slate roof with two brick chimneys; one to N gable and one between S and central bays. Half-round metal rainwater goods. Walls are wet-dashed and windows are 2/2 sliding sashes with sandstone cills (unless otherwise stated).
Principal elevation faces E. There is an open gabled windbreak porch to left end of N bay. It has a pitched natural slate roof with fretted bargeboards and pointed finial. The door has been infilled and replaced with a window. To its right is a window. To its left, each bay has a window (that to left is much diminished in size).
S gable is partly abutted by a small lean-to (detailed as house) containing an external toilet.
W elevation has an entrance porch with flat concrete roof at right end of central bay. W face has a t+g sheeted door. Right cheek has a small casement window; left cheek is blank. To its left is a window (detailed as façade). Each remaining bay contains a window. Right end of S bay contains an infilled doorway.
N gable is completely abutted by a single storey extension with monopitched corrugated metal roof. It has a metal-framed window and timber sheeted door to N face and W cheek. E cheek contains a door.
Setting:
The gardener’s cottage is situated at the NW corner of the Walled Garden (HB12/02/11C) of Crom Estate. It is reached by a laneway running the length of the N wall and accessed by an ornate pair of wrought iron gates (HB12/02/011A).
Historical information
Built in the late 1800s to serve as a bothy for the gardening staff. It was converted into a dwelling for a Miss Moran in the 1950s and was occupied by her until 1989. Since then it has been vacant.
Secondary sources:
1. Terence Reeves-Smyth, Crom Castle Demesne (National Trust, 1990).
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
A. Style
B. Proportion
C. Ornamentation
D. Plan Form
J. Setting
K. Group value
Criteria for listing: historic interest
X. Local Interest
Evaluation
A pleasant cottage located next to the walled garden on Inisherk Island, Crom Estate. It has a strong historical link with the former operation of the gardens and is an interesting element of the estate’s building stock.
General comments
This record was previously numbered HB12/02/0011B.
Nearby in the register
- Walled GardenWalled Garden Structureunder 1 mi
- Inisherk LodgeGates/ Screens/ Lodgesunder 1 mi
- Bridge CottageHouseunder 1 mi
- Old Boat HouseBoat Houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.