Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
234 Loughgall Road
Levalleglish, Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- House
- Date of construction
- 1820 - 1839
- Address
- 234 Loughgall Road, Loughgall, Armagh, Co Armagh
- Townland
- Levalleglish
- Council
- Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.41333, -6.60836
- Date of survey
- 31 December 2004
- HB reference
- HB15/02/025
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1811 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
The remains of a completely derelict cottage so ruinous and overgrown as to be virtually featureless. It was described in the first survey in 1972 as "Single storey cottage. Roof thatched. Gable ends. Walls roughcast on rubble, whitened. Central projecting gabled porch: simple barges and slated roof. Three double-hung windows: horizontal astragals. Panelled door in porch between 1st and 2nd windows. Hedge encloses front garden. Adjacent to left-hand side are rubble outbuildings. Condition poorish. Front about 60 feet."
Historical information
Precise date of building not recorded but it appears on the OS map of 1834. Roof thatched until at least 1972.
References – Primary Sources
1. OS Map 1834, Co Armagh 8.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
This is the ruinous and featureless remains of a former thatched cottage and as such is of no special architectural or historic interest.
Nearby in the register
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- BEECHVILLEHOUSEunder 1 mi
- Old church graveyardGraveyardunder 1 mi
- 24-26 Main StreetHouseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.