Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
House at Ballyrobin
Ballyrobin, Antrim and Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Demolished
- Date of construction
- 1800 - 1819
- Address
- House at Ballyrobin, opposite 107 Seven Mile Straight, Muckamore, Antrim, Co Antrim
- Townland
- Ballyrobin
- Council
- Antrim and Newtownabbey
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.68070, -6.14043
- Date of survey
- 03 June 2000
- HB reference
- HB20/13/017
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
Demolished and grassed over.
Described in the first survey in 1972 s 'A harled and whitened thatched cottage with four margined-paned sashed windows and a modern door. Extension to south is slated. There are four red brick chimneys to main house.'
Historical information
Precise date of building not known but it appears on the site on the OS map of 1832-3. After lying vacant for some years it was demolished in the mid 1970s, following the building of a new house nearby on the same land.
References – Primary Sources
1. OS Map 1832-3, Co Antrim 55.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
Demolished and the site grassed over.
Nearby in the register
- House atOutbuildingsunder 1 mi
- 31 Clady Road,No type recordedunder 1 mi
- Clady CottageHouseunder 1 mi
- Clady HouseHouseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.