2 Parkmount

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Three-storey, two-bay Victorian mid-terrace townhouse built c.1900; square plan form with a large two-storey rectangular rear return. Located off Belsize Road, north of Lisburn town centre, directly adjacent to Wallace Park.

Natural slate hipped roof with leaded hips and crested clay ridge tiles. Large stucco cavetto cornice at eaves level, painted white with cast-iron ogee moulded gutter to the front elevation, semi circular cast-iron to the rear; box section uPVC downpipes, shared with adjoining owner to front elevation. Large double width brick chimney stack shared with adjoining owner located over the ridge line with twelve clay pots. Red-brick Flemish bond walling with projecting brick plinth changing to English Garden Wall bond to the rear return. The windows are single-glazed timber 1/1 sliding sash with horns, painted white with large rectangular sandstone cills. 1 ½ brick flat arches over window openings; brick keyblock with moulded cornice detail over. Timber door with four bolection moulded, raised-and-pointed panels with rectangular fixed light over flanked by plain pilasters, decorated at cornice level with egg-and-dart moulding, rising to large foliated console brackets, supporting cornice over.

The principal elevation faces south and is asymmetrically arranged. The front door is located in the left hand bay and is accessed by two stone steps. To the right is a two-storey canted bay with a shallow pitched leaded roof over; terracotta string course and decorative panels at first floor level with terracotta eaves course with corbel brick over; single window directly over door and two equally spaced windows at second floor. The first floor windows have projected brick detailing under the cill. The heads of the second floor windows are embedded into the large cornice detail at eaves level.

The left elevation abuts adjoining building 1 Parkmount. (HB19/15/010A)

The rear elevation is asymmetrically arranged with a large hipped two-storey return projecting northwards from the right hand bay overlooking a long narrow yard. Ground floor alterations to existing rear window, converted to a modern timber double door with cement rendered surround. Single window at first with two uniformly arranged diminished windows at second floor; all with reduced detailing. The return is asymmetrically arranged with various sized openings. The rear chimney which also serves the adjoining property is located to the right over the ridge line and has had alterations to the upper brick courses. uPVC rain water goods with a tall cast-iron SVP extending high above eaves level. Metal framed roof light located to the right of the chimney-stack. A further single storey lean-to extension projects northwards with brick wall enclosing the yard with an additional small lean-to coal bunker located to the left, shared with adjoining property.

The right elevation abuts adjoining building 3 Parkmount. (HB19/15/010C)

Setting:

The building directly overlooks the large mature trees and open green space in the adjacent Wallace Park and Lisburn cricket ground. To either side of the building is the remaining terrace block of matching style and quality. The small front garden is located beyond a vehicular access located directly in front of the terrace. The rear is additional vehicular access with modern dwellings erected beyond.

Roofing: Natural slate
Walling: Red brick
Window: Timber sliding sash
RWG: uPVC

Historical information

Parkmount Terrace first appears on the third edition OS maps 1901-02 and is illustrated as a simple oblong row with no apparent returns. It is possible that the terrace was only part complete; still under construction at the time of printing the map, as the completed terrace includes rear returns and a stable block adjacent to number 1. On its first appearance in the Annual Revisions of 1901-11 all the buildings are recorded as being vacant in 1902, suggesting that they were either just completed, or at least nearly completed. The landlord was recorded as Hugh G Larmor who also occupied ‘Montreagh’, the larger, earlier house located on the same plot, thus suggesting that the terrace was a development to the rear of his own house.

Number 2 was first occupied first by Mrs Major who remained there until 1908. The value of the property during this period was £28; a significantly lower value than its adjoining neighbour which also had a stable block. No less than 10 changes in tenancy occurred over the first 30 years, during which time the value of the property increased once to £30 in 1922.

Primary Reference:

1. PRONI OS/6/1/68/4 – OS Map 1921
2. PRONI OS/6/1/68/5 – OS Map 1939
3. PRONI VAL/12/B/8/9P – Annual Revisions 1901-11
4. PRONI VAL/12/B/8/9Q – Annual Revisions 1911-22
5. PRONI VAL/12/B/8/9S – Annual Revisions 1921-24
6. PRONI VAL/12/B/8/10B – Annual Revisions 1924-31
7. PRONI VAL/12/A/1/108 – Annual Revisions Notebook 1901-04
8. PRONI VAL/12/A/1/114 – Annual Revisions Notebook 1921-22

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

A. Style
B. Proportion
C. Ornamentation
J. Setting
K. Group value

Criteria for listing: historic interest

X. Local Interest

Evaluation

A three-storey Victorian mid-terrace townhouse built c.1900, located on the perimeter of Wallace Park surrounded by mature trees and open green space. The external fabric of the building has been largely unaltered and the style, proportions and detailing of the building and its adjoining neighbours are of a higher quality than most Victorian terraces. As a small group of four, each one forms an integral part of their group value and setting.