11 Ballyeaston Village

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Attached two-bay single-storey terraced house, built c.1820, second from left in a terraced of three houses located to the north side of Ballyeaston Village. Rectangular-on-plan with lean-to extension to rear.

Roof is pitched and natural slated with clay ridge tiles; yellow brick chimney with replacement pots; one original and one replacement roof-light to rear pitch.

Walls are roughcast over contrasting smooth banded plinth. Vertical rendered bands separate house from neighbouring dwellings; that to right is painted a contrasting colour. Windows are replacement square-headed timber casements mimicking 2/2 sliding sashes, within smooth rendered architraves; painted masonry sills.

Principal elevation faces south and contains central replacement square-headed timber entrance door with glazed panels in smooth surround with later windbreak consisting of modern yellow brick piers supporting painted concrete canopy; window to either side.

West elevation abutted by No. 13 Ballyeaston Village (HB21/04/005D).

North elevation is abutted to centre by lean-to extension with corrugated tin roof containing single window, and entrance door to east. Single window to either side.

East elevation abutted by no. 9 Ballyeaston Village (HB21/04/005B).

Setting

House is directly accessed from the street to south. Enclosed yard and lawn to rear.

Roof Natural slate
Walling Roughcast
Windows square-headed timber casements
RWG Cast-iron

Historical information

The first edition OS map of 1834 shows a group of buildings (aligned as current group) to the right side of the road. Unfortunately the Townland Valuation Fieldbook of 1836 for the corresponding townland was missing from the Public Records Office at the time of writing.

Griffiths Valuation of 1859 records the site as land occupied by Samuel Crawford; the immediate lessor is John Owens, Esq. No buildings are entered under this record, however a hand drawn map is included in the fieldbook, which appears to show the cottages; this is divided and marked as three separate buildings. The first property is a house and small garden, the total value of the land and buildings is £1.10s, occupied by Isabella Houston, with the lessor as John Graham. The next entry details a house, valued at £0.15s with Margaret Wilson as occupier and the lessor John Allen, while the third property is a house and office valued at £1, and also occupied by a John Allen.

References

Primary Sources:
1. PRONI OS/6/1/45/1 - First Edition OS Map (1832)
2. PRONI OS/6/1/45/2 – Second Edition OS Map (1857)
3. PRONI VAL/1/A/1/45 -Townland Valuation Map (1836)
4. PRONI VAL/1/B/1/114 -Townland Valuation Fieldbook (1836)
5. PRONI VAL/2/A/1/45 A-Griffiths Valuation Map (1859)
6. PRONI VAL/2/B/1/11 -Griffiths Valuation Fieldbook (1859)

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

A modestly-scaled single-storey house, one of a terrace of three opening directly onto a sloping street in Ballyeaston village. The house is plainly detailed, enlivened by contrasting rendered plinth and architraves and contributes to the character of the village, along with the remainder of the group ( 21/04/005A-D). It comprises part of a vernacular grouping but has been compromised by alteration and modernisation and is of a relatively common type of which there are better examples.