Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
House
Cornabrass, Fermanagh and Omagh, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- House
- Date of construction
- 1900 - 1919
- Address
- House, Cornabrass, Newtownbutler, Co. Fermanagh, BT92 8FP
- Townland
- Cornabrass
- Council
- Fermanagh and Omagh
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.17417, -7.37860
- Date of survey
- 21 November 2000
- HB reference
- HB12/02/061
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1891 "Ireland 16" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
A two-storey/ three bay farmhouse aligned NW-SE set back from the W-side of road.
Half-hipped natural slate roof (in need of repair) with two red brick chimneys – one between each bay - that to left is wet-dashed. Rainwater goods are missing.
Principal elevation faces NE. Walls are wet-dashed random rubble. To centre is a t+g sheeted door with 1x4 sidelights with stone cills. To left and right bays is a 6/6 sliding sash window with horns and stone cill. To first floor are three 6/3 sliding sash windows, each aligned to the ground floor openings.
Left gable is blank.
Rear elevation has a window to left bay. Set to right of centre bay is a door opening and to its left is a 2x2 timber window. First floor right has a 6/6 exposed box sliding sash windows.
Right gable has window to first floor centre.
Setting
Set back from the road and accessed by a short path with modern farm gate. To its N are a number of single-storey outbuildings with corrugated-metal roofs and lime rendered random rubble walls – all of no interest.
Historical information
A building is shown on this plot on the 1834 OS 6" map. It is described in the 1835 Valuation book as a dwelling belonging to William Thompson and measuring 39ft x 22ft6in x 11ft6in. It is noted in the 1860 Valuation as measuring 36ft x 21ft x 1 storey + attic. The fact that the present building is two storeys high indicates a subsequent raising. Exactly when this took place is not evident from the Valuation revision books – the rateable valuation remains constant at £2.10s.0d through to the 1930s. It may have occurred in the early 1900s.
Primary sources:
1. OS 6" map, 1st edition (1834), Co Fermanagh sheet 39 (PRONI OS 6/4/39/1).
2. First Valuation book, Galloon Parish (PRONI VAL 1B, 411A, p.105 and 220).
3. Second Valuation book, Galloon Parish, Clones Union, 1860 (PRONI VAL 2B/4/7A, p.4).
4. Valuation revision books, 1866-1929.
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Not listed
Evaluation
A well proportioned vernacular farmhouse with half-hipped roof retaining most of its original fabric and detailing. This building type is becoming increasingly rare.
***Demolished prior to listing ***
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