Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Public House
Staffordstown, Antrim and Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Demolished
- Date of listing
- 20 September 1974
- Date of delisting
- 19 February 1998
- Date of construction
- 1820 - 1839
- Address
- Public House, Staffordstown Road, At NW corner of junction with Greenan Road, Randalstown, Antrim, Co Antrim
- Townland
- Staffordstown
- Council
- Antrim and Newtownabbey
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.71948, -6.38233
- Date of survey
- 25 September 1999
- HB reference
- HB20/03/004
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1811 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
Demolished and site remains vacant.
Described in the first survey in 1971 as "A pair of two-storey houses; the roof of the western house is thatched; eaves line is considerably lower than the slated house. Walls are harled and whitened, chimneys are brick. The thatched house is three bays wide, all windows are triple except for a 6-pane in the ground floor, all in small recesses. The part glazed door in a square headed opening is flanked by sidelights. The sheeted public house door is flanked either side by small square windows, each four panes wide. The dwelling house door is surmounted by a patterned fanlight. There are two D/H windows with full glazing bars on the upper storey. All windows in small recesses."
Historical information
Precise date of building not known but it appears on the OS map of 1829 and 1832; reportedly destroyed by fire in 1977 and subsequently demolished. The building was originally listed in 1974 and delisted in 1988. Outbuildings at rear added after 1858.
References – Primary Sources
1. OS Map 1829 and 1832, Co Antrim 49.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
Demolished and the site remains vacant.
Nearby in the register
- Horse walk at 13 Ballynacooley RoadFarm Buildingsunder 1 mi
- 124 Staffordstown RoadHouseunder 1 mi
- Henry MemorialMausoleum1 mi
- O'Grogan MemorialDemolished1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.