7-17 Lambeg Road

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Mixed terrace of six houses of c.1870s, nos.7-13 two storey, built as a group and all probably originally possessing a picturesque polychrome brick and shaped bargeboard ‘railway cottage’ appearance, but now all dry dashed, modern window framed and extended at the rear, with nos.15-17, single storey, possibly slightly older and originally plainer, but now also much altered. The terrace is situated on the N side of Lambeg Road, just W of the centre of the ‘scattered’ village of Lambeg.

Nos.7-13
Nos.7-13, the largely matching group are situated to the W end. Each pair of this group shares a large two storey gabled bay to the front (S), thus making the front façade of each property asymmetric and creating a ‘handed’ effect with its immediate neighbour(s).

The front façade of no.7 consists of a the entrance to the left on the ground floor with a modern door. Directly above the doorway, to first floor is a small single pane window. To the right of this window and the doorway the façade is taken up with half of the large two storey gabled bay the front of which has a window to the ground floor and another to the first floor, both with segmental heads and modern frames. The front façade of no.9 repeats this arrangement in handed fashion, but without the small window above the doorway, with that of no.11 identical to no.7 but with a (recent looking) gabled hood over the doorway, with no.13 as no.9 but with the small window and with a gabled hood as no.11. The entire front elevation of this stretch of the terrace is finished in dry dash.

The (W) gable of No.7 is in red brick with a window to the first floor (much as ground floor of gabled bay) with cream brick dressings.

The rear façade of this stretch of the terrace could not be seen in its entirety, but all of the four properties have large return extensions with that to no.7 in red brick, gabled and with modern windows, that to no.13 single storey and flat roofed, with a very large gabled return shared between nos.9 and 11, with both halves having modern windows. To the rear façade outside of the return, each property has a single first floor window (much as front bay) set within a gabled half-dormer. To the ground floor directly below this window, both nos.9 and 11 have large modern patio doors. No.13’s entire ground floor appears to be covered by its extension, whilst to the ground floor of no.7 is a large modern window. The entire rear elevation, is rendered and painted apart from the return extension to no.7 which is in brick.

The roof to this section of the terrace has an overhang with shaped barge boards and finials to gables. The roof is largely covered in artificial slate with a Velux window to the front of no.9. Two red brick chimney stacks (shared between nos.7 and 9 and nos.11 and 13 respectively). Mainly PVC rw goods.

Nos.15-17
Nos.15-17 are single storey with attics. Both sit forward of the line of nos.7-13 and may be slightly earlier, perhaps c.1860s. No.15 has a large front elevation with a central timber sheeted (with small glazed panel) stable door with a large modern picture window to the left and another to the right. No.17 has a doorway to right (much as no.15’s), with a large picture window to the left (with ornamental ‘shutters’). The front facades of both houses are rough cast rendered with in-out quoins and dressings to no.17.

The (W) gable of no.15 is also rough cast rendered and has a window to left on the ground floor and a centrally placed attic window, both with modern frames. To the ground floor of the (E) gable of No.17 there is a shallow lean-to with small window with modern frame. The exposed upper portion of the gable is in brick with an centrally placed attic window with painted on dressings. To the left hand edge of this gable a tall rubble and painted brick square pier is attached. This looks as though it once acted as a gate post.

To the rear of no.17 there is a single storey flat roofed return with two small windows (with modern frames and ‘shutters’) and a door to its E face. There appears to be a return to the rear of no.15 (which appears to be joined to a long row of houses and outbuildings to the N), but this could not be seen clearly.

Both no.15 and no.17 has slated gabled roofs with overhangs and shaped barges. Each has a small Velux window to the rear and a single red brick chimney stack. Mainly PVC rw goods.

Historical information

The 1859 valuation plan of Lambeg shows that this site was vacant until that date at least, however the present terrace is shown on the revised OS plan of 1903. Given that nos.115-17, are single storey, relatively plain, and may be partly stone built, it is likely that they are older, perhaps dating from the 1860s, the planned somewhat ‘railway cottage’ appearance of nos.7-13 suggests a later date, however, perhaps the 1870s or 1880s.

The 1903 plan shows that nos.7-13 had returns at this stage, however, these may have been single storey.

References- Primary sources
1 PRONI VAL/2D/1/15 Valuation plan of Lambeg, 1859
2 PRONI OS/8/118/1/1-3 OS plan of Lambeg, 1903
3 PRONI VAL/12E/38/1-3 Valuation plan of Lambeg, 1907 (with annotations of 1935)
4 PRONI VAL/3G/25/1/1-3 Valuation plan of Lambeg, 1935 (with annotations of 1953)

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Mixed terrace of six houses of c.1870s, nos.7-13 two storey, built as a group and all probably originally possessing a picturesque polychrome brick and shaped bargeboard ‘railway cottage’ appearance, but now all dry dashed, modern window framed and extended at the rear, with nos.15-17, single storey, possibly slightly older and originally plainer, but now also much altered. They are of limited architectural and historic interest.