Site of house

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

See Contractors Comments.

Site -within Ballyhannon townland, roughly one mile west of Portadown- formerly occupied by a single-storey vernacular house of pre 1835 construction, demolished post 1974.

The first survey report of September 1974 reads:
‘Single-storey cottage. Roof thatched (recent and old), gable ends. Walls pebbledash, smooth base. Southwest front has six drop-hung [i.e. sash] windows, no astragals, smooth surround. Central projecting porch with main thatched eaves extended over. Recent flush door with glazed panel. Condition fair to poor. Front about 70ft. Adjacent outbuildings’.

Historical information

See Contractors Comments.

First survey report appears to suggest that the building is shown on the OS map of 1835.

References
1 EHS HB14/04/014 First survey record card (23rd September 1974)

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Site formerly occupied by a single-storey vernacular house of pre 1835 construction, demolished post 1974.

General comments

GENERAL COMMENTS

According to an annotation on the first survey record card, this property was demolished some time ago. Because of this, the building was not given a reference on the survey maps and there is no IG reference on the survey card. Thus the writers do not know exactly where this house stood, and therefore cannot supply any description of the site as it is today, nor any history (apart from that written on the aforementioned card).