28 Ballynanny Road

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

A symmetrical four bay-single-storey-with-attic rubble stone and lime rendered former dwelling with projecting gabled porch, pre-dating 1833 and located to the south side of Ballynanny Road west of Loughbrickland. Rectangular plan with projecting porch to front and slated L-shaped lean-to outshot (lower) to rear.

Pitched natural slate roof with blue/black angled ridge tiles, raised tiled verges and four rendered chimneystacks; two metal skylights to southeast pitch; timber bargeboards to gable of porch. Plastic rainwater goods. Walling is limewashed lime render over rubble stone. Vestigial timber sash windows throughout, mainly 6/6 with projecting stone sills.

The principal elevation faces southeast and is symmetrically arranged with two windows to either side of projecting gabled porch; porch has original vertically-sheeted timber battened door in simple timber architrave.

The southwest gable has 1/1 window (without glazing) to centre at attic.

The northwest elevation (rear) has L-shaped lean-to outshot to centre with 2/4 window and 6/3 window to left section; projecting right section is blank. 4/4 bi-partite window to either side of lean-to, diminutive 2/2 window also at right.

The northeast gable has diminutive window to attic and 6/6 window to ground floor right.

Setting:

Situated at the end of a laneway to the south side of Ballynanny Road; to front is a concrete yard with modern corrugated tin agricultural cattle-shed facing the house. House slightly elevated on a grassy verge, rising to steep verge at rear. Some rubble stone outbuildings to south.

Roof: Natural slate
Walling: Lime render over rubble stone
Windows: Original timber sash
RWG: Plastic

Historical information

The present dwelling house predates the first edition OS map of 1833 and is shown as a rectangular structure on much the same plan as today with outbuildings to the west and south (now gone). The setting is a rural one and has changed little in the period since the early nineteenth century maps were drawn up, with an orchard to the rear of the house and tree-lined field boundaries shown on the first and second editions. The second edition (1859) shows the addition of a porch to the front elevation.

Griffith’s Valuation (1856-64) lists the property as the home of James Mulligan and intriguingly notes it to be a ‘caretaker’s house’. The farm of over 34 acres is leased from the representatives of Francis Crossley and the buildings are valued at £3.10s.

References:

Primary Sources

1. PRONI OS/6/3/34/1 First Edition OS Map 1833
2. PRONI OS/6/3/34/2 Second Edition OS map 1859
3. PRONI OS/6/3/34/3 Third Edition OS Map 1902-3
4. PRONI OS/6/3/34/4 Fourth Edition OS Map 1903-18
5. Griffiths Valuation online (1863)

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

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Evaluation

A symmetrical four bay-single-storey-with-attic, rubble stone and lime rendered dwelling with projecting gabled porch, pre-dating 1833. Much historic fabric and detailing survive and this substantial farmhouse is likely to have belonged to a holding of some standing. An increasingly rare surviving example of the vernacular tradition, distinguished by a development of formality, the building is an important representative example of vernacular building practices and the improvements reflecting the owner's circumstances, perhaps as a land agent. The building has been demolished.