64 Stoneyford Road

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Detached single-storey rendered thatch under tin dwelling, built c.1800. Rectangular on plan facing south on the north side of Stoneyford Road at the eastern end of Stoneyford Village.

Pitched corrugated iron roof with iron ridge and redbrick chimneystack. Steel rainwater goods to timber eaves. Painted ruled and lined rendered walling. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills and timber sash windows with exposed sash boxes.

Front south elevation is four windows wide and set at a lower level than Stoneyford Road with off-centre flat-roofed entrance porch. To the eastern end two window openings have 6/6 timber sash windows, while the western end have horizontally-glazed 2/2 timber sash windows. Concrete roof to projecting entrance porch having square-headed door opening and hardwood glazed door opening onto concrete step to the road.

West gable has a single window opening with timber casement window.

Rear elevation not seen.

East gable is blank.

Setting:
Located on the north side of Stoneyford Road opening directly onto the road at a lower level. Various corrugated iron roofed structures to the rear site with a two-storey modern dwelling in the process of being built.

Roof Corrugated iron with thatch under
RWG Metal
Walling Painted ruled and lined render
Windows Timber sash

Historical information

This private dwelling appears on the first Ordnance Survey map (1832) as a small rectangular building along the road just outside of Stoneyford; however, it does not appear on the Townland Valuations of the c.1830s, most likely because it did not meet the minimum value threshold of £3. In 1857 the second Ordnance Survey maps shows the addition to the site of either an extension or, more likely, a similar sized outbuilding. A small out office appears on the second edition map in 1857; however by 1920 this had been taken down. Griffiths Valuation values the property at £2. 5s. and notes that it was let by a Mr John Wallace from the Marquis of Hertford. In 1884 his wife (or daughter) Mary Wallace came into possession of the house and in 1895 she bought the house from Sir Richard Wallace, residing there until 1928.

The 1901 Census records that Mary Wallace was a Presbyterian farm worker (59) (who was not married but neither was recorded as a widow). In 1901 she was living with her daughter Sarah Jane Wallace (27) and granddaughter Mary Wallace Anderson (6). The house was recorded as a second class dwelling containing only three rooms. At that time a cow house and piggery were returned as the only out offices. In 1911 Mary Wallace was recorded as a member of the Church of Ireland and lived with her daughter Sarah Jane Graham, her husband Thomas Graham (a farmer) and their two small children. The only change to the house return in 1911 is that the piggery had been replaced with a fowl house.

Field inspection suggests an eighteenth century date of construction; the current occupants claim that the house has been in their family for around 200 years. Remains of the original thatch roof still exist under the current corrugated iron replacement. The building was listed in 1998, however, due to the raising of the road over a number of years the house has become prone to flooding, resulting in water damage and damp. (NIEA File).

References:

Primary Sources
1. PRONI VAL/1/A/1/63 – Field Map c.1830
2. PRONI VAL/1/B/170 – Townland Valuation
3. PRONI OS/6/1/63/1 – First Edition OS Map 1832
4. PRONI OS/6/1/63/2 – Second Edition OS Map 1857
5. PRONI OS/6/1/63/3 – Third Edition OS Map 1900-1901
6. PRONI OS/6/1/63/4 – Fourth Edition OS Map 1920-1921
7. PRONI VAL/2/B/1/57 – Griffith’s Valuation 1860
8. PRONI VAL/12/B/8/5 A – Annual Revisions 1863-1879
9. PRONI VAL/12/B/8/5 B – Annual Revisions 1879-1889
10. PRONI VAL/12/B/8/5 C – Annual Revisions 1890-1900
11. PRONI VAL/12/B/8/5 D – Annual Revisions 1900-1907
12. PRONI VAL/12/B/8/5 E – Annual Revisions 1908-1929

Secondary Sources
1. NIEA Records – HB19/02/017.

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

A. Style
B. Proportion
C. Ornamentation
H-. Alterations detracting from building
J. Setting

Criteria for listing: historic interest

X. Local Interest
Z. Rarity

Evaluation

Detached single-storey rendered thatch under tin dwelling, built c.1800, located on the north side of Stoneyford Road on the eastern approach to Stoneyford village. Retaining its original facade composition and external elements, this vernacular structure is a relatively rare and valuable survivor in the village.