The Hill

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Detached asymmetrical multi-bay two-storey rendered house, built c.1870, situated to the west of the Portglenone Road.

Rectangular on plan, facing north, with slightly lower canted bays, central gabled two-storey north projection with single-storey lean-to porches; two-storey south addition abutting eastern side of south elevation. Flat roof two-storey extension abutting the south elevation and west elevation of southern addition. Gabled projection to north and canted bay projections to east and south. All projections are slightly lower.

Roof is pitched natural slate with squared ridge tiles, overhanging eaves with exposed rafter ends and decorative A-frame bargeboard to gables. Ogee profile cast iron gutters and uPVC downpipes. Chimneys are red brick, two chimneys to ridge of main block, western is replacement. Third chimney at eaves level of intersection between flat roof extension and the west side of two-storey addition.

Principal elevation faces north and has central gabled projecting bay flanked by lean-to porches with moulded stucco kneelers to verges. The gable projection has two four-centred arch-headed windows to ground floor and an oriel to first floor. Oriel has timber surround on moulded corbel. The left bay is blank. The right bay has a tripartite segmental headed window to ground floor with fixed central panel and casement side panels; first floor has a double segmental headed window.

The east elevation is asymmetrical with projecting two-storey gabled bay to right side with two-storey hipped canted bay within. Canted bay has double segmental headed window to each of bay at each floor. The south side has double segmental headed timber window to ground floor. Tripartite segmental headed window to first floor at south side with fixed central panel and casement side panels. The principal entrance is located within the canted bay abutting the north elevation

South elevation is asymmetrical with projecting two storey gable to north side with two storey hipped canted bay within. Canted bay as per east elevation. Two storey multi-bay flat roof extension abuts the south return on the west side. Door to west side at ground floor inside modern glasshouse and segmental headed to east side. Window to each bay at first floor. Chimney at intersection of flat roof and south return is red brick with dog tooth and corbel detail with two round clay chimney pots.

West elevation is asymmetrical with projecting two storey gable to north side with single storey hipped extension within. The gable is abutted to the south by two storey multi-bay flat roof extension. The single storey extension has two windows to the west elevation with single storey lean to extension to the north elevation. Door to south elevation of single storey extension, vertically timber sheeted. Window to two storey flat roof extension at ground floor and similar to first floor to the north side.

Setting

Outhouse to north west is pitched single storey red brick rectangular plan. Decorative cast iron vents to north elevation. Window and door openings to south and segmental arched opening to east.

A projecting wall and gate enclose the garden to the south, the house is located within a mature garden
setting on an elevated site and bounded at all sides by mature hedges and accessed by a tarmac driveway from the east side. Wall enclosing rear courtyard with series of modern farm out buildings to west and red brick out house to the north, separating the driveway from the courtyard. The pillars are circular with ball top and moulded bell cast capping. Curved wall from road side with smooth rendered moulded coping, smooth rendered wall and plinth.

Roof Natural Slate
Walling Pebblash
Windows timber
Rainwater goods Cast iroand uPVC

Historical information

The building is not recorded on the OS maps until 1933. The Valuations Revision notebooks record a ‘house & offices’ built in 1912 by Jane McAuley and valued at £35.0s.0d.

Primary Sources:
1. PRONI OS/6/1/43/1 – 1st Edition OS map (1833)
2. PRONI OS/6/1/43/2 – 2nd Edition OS map (1857)
3. PRONI OS/6/1/43/3 – 3rd Edition OS map (1904)
4. PRONI OS/6/1/43/4 – 4th Edition OS map (1933)
5. PRONI VAL/12B/1/22E – Valuation Revision Notebook (1901-1912).

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Detached asymmetrical multi-bay two-storey rendered house, built c.1870. This is a substantial property and appears to be in orignal condition but it is of the Victorian era built in the early Twentieth century and, as such, not representative of the time. It is of a late date and not one of the best examples of the type.