36 Gloverstown Road

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Detached three-bay single-storey direct-entry vernacular house, built c.1810, aligned east-west to north side of Gloverstown Road. The house is rectangular on plan, facing south, with central flat-roofed storm porch, lean-to addition to rear and attached single storey outbuildings to east and west.

The roof is pitched with three replacement brick chimneystacks; the walling is limewashed and lime-rendered (except for the storm porch, which is painted smooth rendered); all windows are square-headed 2/2 sliding sashes, unless otherwise stated.

The principal elevation faces south. Windows have contrasting painted smooth render bands and projecting stone cills. Replacement entrance door is varnished timber.

The west gable is completely abutted by a slightly lower outbuilding.

The rear north elevation windows have painted cills only, window to west bay is 1/1 sash. Offset from centre is a lean-to extension with timber sheeted door and side-hung timber casement windows (no cills).

The east gable is abutted by a lower single-bay outbuilding with pitched corrugated iron roof and rendered walling.

Setting

The outbuilding to west was built c.1845 and has a pitched corrugated metal roof. South elevation has no openings with the exception of a single ventilation slit and a modern garage door incorporating a cement-rendered infill section. North elevation has timber sheeted entrance doors, and two openings, one sheeted and one glazed. An opening in the apex lights a loft.

The house is set parallel to the road on an elevated site. The small front garden is enclosed by a lime-washed boundary wall with segmental coping, accessed by decorative wrought iron gate on pyramidal-capped square piers. There is a concrete farmyard to rear, with a modern bungalow sited to the northwest corner.

Roof: Pitched corrugated asbestos sheet
Walling: Lime washed lime render
Windows: 2/2 timber sliding sash
Door: Replacement timber
Rainwater goods: Half-round steel

Historical information

The current structure appears on the first OS map of 1833, although is not valued in the first valuation. The attached outbuilding to east is not shown on this early edition but is shown in the second (1857) edition. Outbuilding to west was added later. The Griffiths Valuation records the house as being occupied by the McErlain family, who continued to occupy the house until it was vacated in the latter part of the twentieth century. At this time it was valued at £2.10s. The owner stated that the house was previously thatched and was slated in the 1950s.

Primary Sources:

1. PRONI OS/6/1/42/1 First Edition OS map (1833)
2. PRONI OS/6/1/42/1 Second edition OS map (1857)
3. PRONI VAL/2A/1/43 Griffiths Valuation map
4. PRONI VAL/2B/1/72B Griffiths Valuation Field book

Secondary Sources:
1. Information from current owner

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

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

Criteria for listing: historic interest

X. Local Interest
Z. Rarity

Evaluation

Detached three-bay single-storey direct-entry vernacular house, built c.1810. An early nineteenth century single-storey direct entry vernacular dwelling, formerly thatched. The house retains many characteristic and original features, including timber sashes and lime-washed walling. There are later nineteenth and early twentieth century alterations evident but the vernacular character of the house and much of the original layout remain intact. The house is a well maintained example of an increasingly rare building type, and is an important feature of the rural landscape. The boundary wall, outbuilding, pump and wrought iron gate significantly enhance the vernacular characteristics of the site.
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