99 Main Street

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Two, two-storey, single-bay vernacular dwellings built c.1770, as part of a return extending from the end terrace building, 101 Main Street, located at the north east end of the principal thoroughfare through the town of Moira.

The roofing is pitched natural slate with clay ridge tiles with clipped verge to right gable. uPVC rainwater goods with semi-circular guttering fixed to single brick corbelled eave. One chimney located centrally along the ridge; brick finish with two pots over. The walling throughout is natural finished random rubble basalt stone. The windows are modern single glazed, 6/6 top hung timber casements, painted white, with timber lintels and concrete cills. 1/1 timber windows to the rear. The front entrance door is modern timber with glazed panels and modern ironmongery.

The principal elevation faces west and retains the appearance of two indivual dwellings. The front doors located off centre with associated single ground floor and single first floor windows.

The left gable abuts the return of 101 Main Street.

The rear elevation is adjacent to the grounds of St Johns Parish Church with a single ground floor window to each bay.

The right gable is smooth rendered.

The building faces directly into the rear yard looking onto the rear of the Georgian terrace lining Main Street, and is accessed via a coach entrance located at number 95, shared by others. The east elevation it is secluded by overgrown vegetation located at the perimeter of the adjacent church grounds. A ruinous building is located to the east

Roofing Natural Slate
Walling Basalt Random Rubble
Windows Timber casement
RWG uPVC

Historical information

This building appears on the first edition of the OS maps 1833 although field evidence suggests an earlier date. This building makes up part of the return buildings extending from the rear of 101 Main Street. Its vernacular styling and proportions, subservient to the principal building erected c.1735, can be dated as mid 18th century. One of the original ground floor rear windows of the principal building still exists, however only as an internal aperture.

Griffiths Valuation 1864 identifies the whole return as a series of individual dwellings, all leasing from the occupier of 101 Main Street and all latter valuations including the Annual Revisions 1866-29 and the R.V.Binders 1933-57, record this as being the case. The building itself has no apparent foot print changes however, during the course of renovation c.1990, the internal fabric and character was lost to modernisation. External alterations also affected the character of the building with the introduction of modern window and door details. The former dwelling now operates as a combined commercial unit with it adjoining property.

References – Primary sources

1. PRONI VAL/12B/21/7A – Annual Revisions: 1866-78
2. PRONI VAL/12B/21/7B – Annual Revisions: 1878-93
3. PRONI VAL/12B/21/7C – Annual Revisions: 1894-08
4. PRONI VAL/12B/21/7D – Annual Revisions: 1909-20
5. PRONI VAL/12B/21/7E – Annual Revisions: 1920-29
6. PRONI VAL/12D/3/13A – Field Maps: 1863-79
7. PRONI VAL/12D/3/13C – Field Maps: 1895-14
8. PRONI VAL/12D/3/13E – Field Maps: 1925-35
9. PRONI VAL/12E/109/1 – Town Map: 1906-35
9. PRONI OS/6/3/13 – OS Map: 1833
10. PRONI OS/6/3/13 – OS Map: 1858
11. PRONI OS/6/3/13 – OS Map: 1903
12. PRONI OS/6/3/13 – OS Map: 1916
13. PRONI VAL/3D/4/12F/4 – R.V.Binders: 1933-57
14. PRONI VAL/14A/183/12 – 3rd General Revision Lists: 1975
15. PRONI VAL/14B/256/11A - 3rd General Revision Lists: 1976 – 1987
16. PRONI VAL/14C/248 - 3rd General Revision Lists: 1987 – 1993

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

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

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Z. Rarity
X. Local Interest

Evaluation

Two, two-storey single-bay vernacular style dwellings, built c.1770 as part of the rear return of 101 Main Street, Moira (HB19/22/005L). The houses retain their random rubble basalt construction, typical of the area and their modest vernacular style and proportions. Despite the loss of internal and external features during restoration in 1990s, the building has retained its essential characer. Situated in a rear courtyard, accessed via a coach entrance located at number no. 95 Main Street (HB19/22/005K) , the building has group value with its neighbouring listed historic buildings and is one of the few remaining orignal rear returns in the village of Moira, once furnished with multiple returns and large rear gardens.