47 Main Street

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

A 2-storey 4-bay gabled house with a single-storey extension to one end and a long rear return. Main entrance faces north-west.

North-west elevation of main block: 2-storey; roof of Bangor blue slates in regular courses; three chimneys, of red brick, with simple block cornice; walling is rendered with wet dash painted white, with black-painted smooth rendered quoins and slightly raised similar plinth. Four windows to first floor: first two to left are rectangular timber sliding sash, vertically hung, 6 over 6, with horns, with exposed sash boxes, and projecting cills; third from left is similar except without horns; fourth is a tripartide window comprising timber sashes as previous, without horns, flanked by narrow sashed sidelights, 2 over 2, without horns, set between fluted mullions and end-pilasters with raised caps. Ground floor contains, from left to right, a window sashed 6 over 6, without horns; arched main entrance; a large broad tripartite window; and a rectangular doorway. Tripartide window comprises a triplet of sliding sashes, each 3 over 6 with horns, with moulded mullions.

Main entrance contains a rectangular panelled door set between engaged fluted Ionic columns on block bases, carrying a panelled frieze and flanked by narrow sidelights filled with interlocking curved astragals, all set in an elliptically arched surround. Rectangular doorway contains a panelled timber door surmounted by a 3-light rectangular fanlight, set in plain reveals.
Extending to the right and set back slightly is a single-storey extension: roof slated as previous; one chimney, on gable, red brick as previous; looks like pvc gutter with square section pvc downpipe; wall rendered with wet dash, painted white, with black-painted smooth rendered plinth. Two windows, both coupled rectangular timber sliding sashes, 2 over 2, with horns, with moulded mullions, set in plain reveals.

North-east elevation of main block is a plain gable: walling as previous to entrance front, but with black-painted quoins to right-hand extremity only; oversailing eaves.

Rear elevation of main block: 2-storey; roof slated as previous; one original flush rooflight; wall rendered with wet dash, painted white except above lower 2-storey rear return wing. Two windows to first floor; to right is a rectangular timber sashed window, 6 over 6, with horns; to the left is a circular window with radial glazing bars and looped margin lights; ground floor of main wall contains a rectangular window similar to first floor. Projecting centrally is a single-storey lean-to block: roof slated as previous; walls rendered as main wall; timber barge board; pvc rainwater goods; side wall contains a rectangular 15-pane fixed light; rear wall contains a small rectangular 4-pane timber window and a rectangular glazed 15-pane timber door.
Projecting from the left-hand side is a long 2-storey L-shaped rear return wing: low pitched roof of corrugated sheeting; wall facing north-east is white-painted roughcast, containing 3 rectangular timber sliding sash windows, 2 over 2, with horns, 2 modern fixed light or casement windows, and 1 rectangular panelled door.
Side facing north-west has an open-fronted shelter of modern construction across its front; rear side has a lean-to, slated range with roughcast walling; side of rear return wing facing south-west is 2-storey, with roughcast walling; timber sashed windows, 2 over 2, with horns, and fixed light modern windows; and panelled, and glazed ledged timber doors.
Rear elevation of single-storey extension to south-west has roughcast walling, slated roof, pvc rainwater goods, and a modern glazed door set in a modern timber pilastered and pedimented surround.

South-west elevation of main block is a white-painted roughcast gable, with oversailing eaves, containing a timber sashed window, 6 over 6, without horns; projecting from the gable is the lower single-storey extension with a blind gable, of white-painted roughcast with black-painted smooth rendered plinth.

SETTING: The building stands facing the main street, but set back slightly from it behind a garden which is bounded by re-used iron railings and pedestrian gate. Extending to the right from the single-storey extension is a low roughcast screen wall containing a pair of re-used iron vehicular gates. Gateway leads to an extensive concrete side yard. Extending to the left of the main block is a flat-panelled gate giving access to a hard-surfaced rear yard.

Historical information

Precise date of building not recorded but it appears on the OS map of 1834 and may be taken to date from the early 19th century.

References – Primary Sources
1. OS Map 1834, Co Armagh 8.

Secondary Sources
1. DOENI, Loughgall: A Conservation Village (Belfast, 1993), p 28.

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

A. Style
B. Proportion
C. Ornamentation
D. Plan Form
H-. Alterations detracting from building
I. Quality and survival of Interior
J. Setting

Criteria for listing: historic interest

X. Local Interest

Evaluation

This is an early 19th century house which retains its original features to the front, including a fine Ionic columned doorcase, and forms an attractive feature in the main street of the village.