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Dunsilly House

Dunsilly, Antrim and Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland

The record

Designation
Record only (not listed)
Grade
Record Only
Type
Demolished
Date of listing
10 December 1974
Date of delisting
4 February 1987
Date of construction
1820 - 1839
Address
Dunsilly House, 105 Ballymena Road, Dunsilly, Antrim, BT41 4NY
Townland
Dunsilly
Council
Antrim and Newtownabbey
Country
Northern Ireland
Coordinates
54.73505, -6.23002
Date of survey
06 November 2004
HB reference
HB20/08/052

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The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Demolished and replaced by new houses nearby.
Described on the first survey in 1971 as “A five-bay two-storey rendered house. The roof is slated, each gable rises to a modern brick chimney. Sashed windows are of 12 panes. The entrance is contained in a decorated pilastered and triangular pedimented surround. The centre of the façade rises to a gable, attic window is semi-circular headed. Windows to two south bays are different in size on ground floor and at different levels on both floors compared with two northern bays. The drive is flanked by two large piers with ball finials at entrance."

Historical information

Precise date of building not recorded; but it appears on the OS map of 1832.
It stood in the area of an ancient monument, SMR no. ANT 3.

References – Primary Sources
1. OS Map 1832, Co Antrim 50.

Secondary Sources
1. UAHS, Antrim and Ballymena (Belfast, 1969), p 30.

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Demolished and replaced by new houses nearby.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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