Manor Highgate

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

A much altered two-storey / three-bay house aligned N-S at the S end of Fargrim Townland.

Hipped artificial slate roof with a single long red brick chimney (containing a row of 10 pots) set just to rear of ridge. Boxed timber eaves support ogee plastic rainwater goods. Walls are harled with stepped cement-rendered quoins over a cement-rendered base course. Windows are uPVC top-hung casements with concrete cills (unless otherwise stated).

Principal elevation faces E. To centre is a large projecting modern entrance porch with cement rendered walls and a flat metal-covered roof. E face has a modern timber glazed door with matching sidelights and transom. Left and right cheeks each have a fixed pane window. To either side of porch is a 6/6 sliding sash window with stone cill. First floor has a modern casement window to either side.

S elevation has a projecting canted bay to ground floor right, detailed as house with a hipped artificial slate roof. Each face contains a sliding sash window with stone cill (that to front is 6/6, those to both cheeks are 4/4). To left is a window. First floor has a casement window to either side (that to left is aligned to right of that below; that to right is aligned above canted bay).

Rear elevation has a uPVC door to ground floor left and a tall timber top-hung casement to left of centre (lighting stairwell).

N elevation has a window to either side at each floor (that to ground floor right is placed at extreme end). All are as stated with the exception of that to ground floor left, which is timber.

Setting:
The house occupies a prominent elevated site and has a modern farmyard to rear.

Historical information

"Highgate Lodge" is cited in the 1834 OS 6" map. It is described in the 1837 Valuation book as a dwelling occupied by Mr Crozier and measuring 40ft x 33ft6in a 17ft (+ cellar and kitchen). It had a valuation of £21.6s.0d. By 1862 it was occupied by Ralph Scott. It is described in the Valuation book of this year as “a small villa well situated; upper storey is low; good repair. Its dimensions are given as house – 39ft x 30ft x 2 storeys (broadly as the 1837 valuation), return – 30ft x 24ft x 2 storeys, and conservatory – 21ft x 12ft x 1 storey. Its valuation was then £32; this drops to £25 in 1908. . It is cited on the 1907 OS map as “Manor Highgate”.

Primary sources:
1. OS 6" map, 1st edition, 1834, Co Fermanagh sheet 40 (PRONI OS 6/4/40/1).
2. First Valuation book, Galloon Parish, 1837 (PRONI VAL 1B/148, p.102).
3. Second Valuation book, Galloon Parish, Clones Union, 1860 (VAL 2B/4/7B, p.91).
4. OS 6” map, 3rd edition, 1907, Co Fermanagh sheet 40 (PRONI OS 6/4/40/3).
5. Valuation Revision book, 1908 (PRONI VAL 12B/25/8D, p.31).

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Despite extensive external alterations, this house retains many original interior features, including a particularly fine steeply sweeping staircase.