95 Lurgan Road

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

A two-bay two-storey-with-attic rendered mid-terrace house, built c.1865 and located to the east side of Lurgan Road in Seapatrick. Square on plan with two-storey return to rear.

Pitched natural slate roof with blue/black angled ridge tiles and rendered chimneystack with moulded caps and terracotta pots. Cast-iron ogee rainwater goods (uPVC to rear) on cavetto moulded eaves. Walling is painted smooth render on a narrow plinth. Windows are segmental-arched 2/2 timber sliding sash in moulded architraves with projecting sills; replacement timber casements to rear.

The principal elevation faces west and is two openings wide to each floor. To left at ground floor is a four-panelled timber door with square-headed overlight, flanked by panelled pilasters and surmounted by corniced pediment with console brackets.

The north elevation is abutted by adjoining building (HB17/04/020D).

The rear elevation has a full width modern dormer to attic with two timber casement windows; return has a timber casement window to gable; ground floor is concealed.

The south elevation is abutted by adjoining building (HB17/04/020B).

Setting

Street-fronting with paved yard to rear enclosed by a high rendered wall having timber-sheeted entrance gate.

Roof: Natural slate
Walling: Render
Windows: Timber sash & casements
RWG: Cast-iron / uPVC

Historical information

The row of buildings were constructed as houses for supervisory staff and a shop by the local spinning firm of Hayes & Co Ltd.

The buildings are first shown on the third edition OS map of c.1900 as a terraced row situated opposite the Hayes mill complex which is captioned ‘Seapatrick Mills’. They are not listed in Griffith’s Valuation and first appear in the valuation fieldbook dating from 1864 to 1874. No date is given in the fieldbook but a tentative date of c.1865 can be proposed based on the primary records and the appearance of the buildings. 91 to 95 Lurgan Road are the first to be listed in the fieldbook, 97 and 99 being added at a slightly later date.

The invention of power-loom spinning and weaving in the early nineteenth century led to the establishment of great spinning mills such as Hayes at Seapatrick and Dunbar McMaster at Gilford. Added to the numerous weaving and bleaching concerns in the area that were already making use of the Bann’s water power, these firms put Banbridge at the centre of world linen production for many years. (Dillon)

A photograph of part of the terrace dating from c.1900 appears in Young and Quail’s collection ‘Old Banbridge’. The terrace remains essentially unchanged from this time, except for alterations to the rear and, in some cases, the removal/alteration of the ornamental pediment above the front door.

The house and yard are initially valued at £6.10s and leased from Frederick William Hayes and Coy Ltd. The first occupier to be listed is Thomas Connor followed by William Spence (n.d.), and George McClure (1887). McClure was present at the time of the 1901 census and is noted to be a 50 year old widower, a farmer who lived with his sister and his son, a linen clerk. In 1911, McClure, still a farmer, had remarried 4 years previously and his son had left home. McClure was followed by James Radcliffe (1916) and John H McCoy, who had previously lived in the neighbouring house (1920).

The First General Revaluation (1933/4) gives the occupier as John H McCoy and the house is leased from F W Hayes & Co Ltd. The house and yard is revalued at £7. The accommodation includes a lobby, reception, two bedrooms, a kitchen, scullery and a WC in the garden. The rent is 4s.10d weekly free. Dimensions are given for the house, scullery, shed, coal house and outdoor lavatory.

The house continues in use as a dwelling.

References:
Primary Sources

1. PRONI OS/6/3/27/1 First Edition OS Map 1833
2. PRONI OS/6/3/27/2 Second Edition OS map 1860
3. PRONI OS/6/3/27/3 Third Edition OS Map (c1900)
4. PRONI OS/6/3/27/4 Fourth Edition OS Map 1903-18
5. PRONI VAL/12/B/16/6A-H Annual Revisions (1864-1929)
6. PRONI VAL/3/C/4/2 – First General Revaluation (1936-57)
7. PRONI VAL/3/D/4/3/L/4 – First General Revaluation (1933-57)

Secondary Sources
1. Dillon, A “Images of Ireland, Banbridge”Dublin: Gill and Macmillan, 1997
2. Young, A F and Quail, D “Old Banbridge” Stenlake Publishing, 2002

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

A two-bay two-storey-with-attic rendered mid-terrace house; built c.1865. The interior appears to have been fully refurbished and the attic converted with a dormer insertion to rear. This mid-Victorian terrace (HB17/04/020A-E) is of a common type and not among the best examples. It has been compromised by cumulative changes and is not of special interest.