Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Curlew Cottage
Ballyhenry, Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- House
- Date of construction
- 1840 - 1859
- Address
- Curlew Cottage, 7 Lough Shore Road, Ballyhenry, Portaferry, Co Down, BT22 1PD
- Townland
- Ballyhenry
- Council
- Ards and North Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.39445, -5.57382
- Date of survey
- 05 August 1997
- HB reference
- HB24/01/114
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 3 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1794 "Sheet 55. (Cary's England, Wales, and Scotland)." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
Dilapidated remains of a small single storey vernacular cottage of possible mid 19th century construction, set on the shores of Strangford Lough roughly a mile N of Portaferry.
Central door and two window openings on the front W elevation displaying remnants of timber frames, with a further window opening to the far left now almost completely obscured by greenery.
Remains of small lean to garage to south gable.
Rear has window opening to left with dilapidated elements of a sliding sash and case frame and small pebbledash render flat roof extension to centre right with remains of modern window frames.
Roof of main house no longer has slates with roof structure and laths now open to the elements. Two rendered chimney stacks. Surrounding garden now overgrown. Sign on cottage warning of present dangerous condition of structure.
Interior largely exposed to the elements and now completely dilapidated.
Historical information
A building is shown on this site on the OS map of 1860, but not that of 1834. The property was still occupied when first surveyed in November 1970, but is now (August 1997) totally derelict.
References- Primary sources
1 PRONI OS/6/3/24/2 OS maps, 1st rev, 1860, Down sheet 24
2 PRONI Second ('Griffith's') valuation, Parish of Ardquin, 1861 [In print.]
3 PRONI OS/6/3/24/3 OS maps, 2nd ed., 1899-1900, Down sheet 24
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
Dilapidated remains of a small single storey cottage of possible mid 19th century construction.
Nearby in the register
- 9 Lough Shore RoadHouseunder 1 mi
- 11 Lough Shore RoadHouseunder 1 mi
- Lime KilnRural Industryunder 1 mi
- The LodgeGates/ Screens/ Lodgesunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.