131 Islandmagee Road

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Attached two-bay two-storey end-terrace, built c.1840. located to the east side of Islandmagee Road. L-shaped-on-plan (projecting gabled bay to north-west).

Roofs are pitched and natural slated; red brick chimney with original clay pots to party wall and gable. Walling is smooth painted render. Windows are timber framed 2/2 sliding sash divided horizontally; painted masonry sills.

Principal elevation faces west and consists of full-height gabled bay to left containing vertically sheeted timber door with transom light; 2/1 sliding sash window to north and south; single window at first floor. Bay at right contains single window at each floor.

North elevation abutted by HB22/05/004B.

East elevation contains central half-and-half vertically sheeted timber door flanked to left by single window; two windows at first floor (that to right is 2/1 sliding sash).

South gable contains single window at first floor left.

Set within garden to south and west, with enclosed yard to east. Bounded to road to west by harled rubble walling supporting square gate pillars (repaired with brick), accessed through single timber gate.

Roof: Pitched natural slate
Walling: Smooth painted render
Windows: Timber framed 2/2 sliding sash divided horizontally; painted masonry sills
RWG: Cast-iron half-round gutters and round downpipes

Historical information

The building first appears on the second edition Ordnance Survey map of 1857. Griffith’s Valuation of 1859 records a house valued at £1, occupied by Eliza Pinkerton, lessor William English.

The Valuation Revisions of 1886 record the occupier as Mrs [Marshall?], revised in 1894 to Paul Carson. The lessor is revised to Gordon Butler in 1893. In 1886 two other houses appear listed below this entry, each building valued at £1. The final entry in 1908 records the property as vacant.

References:

Primary Sources:
1. PRONI OS/6/1/47/1 -First Edition OS Map (1832)
2. PRONI OS/6/1/47/2 -Second Edition OS Map (1857)
3. PRONI OS/6/1/47/3 -Third Edition OS Map (1902)
4. PRONI VAL/2/A/1/47 –Griffiths Valuation Map (1857)
5. PRONI VAL/2/B/1/15 –Griffiths Valuation Fieldbook (1859)
6. PRONI VAL/12/B/7/12A-G Valuation Revisions (1864-1929)

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

A. Style
B. Proportion
C. Ornamentation
D. Plan Form
I. Quality and survival of Interior
J. Setting
K. Group value

Criteria for listing: historic interest

X. Local Interest

Evaluation

A two-bay two-storey end-terrace, in a nineteenth-century terrace of three located to the east side of Islandmagee Road. The house is simply detailed and retains many original features externally. The house, together with neighbouring dwellings, is located on a prominent site, and contributes to a well-preserved group of architectural merit.