Historic Building Details
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HB Ref No:
HB12/02/074
Extent of Listing:
House, outbuildings, gates and gate screen
Date of Construction:
1900 - 1919 (note below "building shown on the 1834 OS map is described in
the 1839 first Valuation book")
Address :
House Clontivrin Newtownbutler Co. Fermanagh BT92 6FR
Townland:
Clontivrin
Survey
2:
B1
Date of Listing:
10/5/2005
Date of De-listing:
Current Use:
House
Former Use
House
Conservation Area:
No
Industrial Archaeology:
No
Vernacular:
No
Thatched:
No
Monument:
No
Derelict:
Yes
OS Map No:
262/6
IG Ref:
H4829 2572
Owner Category
Private
Exterior Description And Setting
A symmetrical two-storey / three bay L-shaped house with
stable-yard aligned N-S at the E of Clontivrin Townland. A two-storey farm
building at rear is linked to the house and has been incorporated at first floor
only. Hipped natural slate roof with three cement-rendered chimneys; one set
perpendicular to the ridge at party wall between each bay, and a third to rear
(W) end of projecting rear section. Rainwater goods are half-round metal. Walls
are painted and lime rendered over a slightly advanced base course. Windows are
painted timber casements (unless otherwise stated) with painted stone sills.
Principal elevation faces E. To centre is a large projecting porch. It has a
shallow pitched natural slate roof with overhanging eaves supported on curved
timber brackets. Walls are painted and lined cement-rendered over a chamfered
base course. Decorative dew-drop bargeboards and a pointed drop finial to gable.
E face has a double-leaf two panelled door (top panels have decorative geometric
glazing) with matching sidelights and a decorative tripartite transom over. Each
cheek contains a blind semi circular-headed niche. To either side of the porch
is a 1 / 2 top-hung casement window. Aligned above ground floor openings are
three side 2x1 side-hung casement windows (that to centre is 4x1). All are
diminished in height. S elevation is longer to accommodate the rear projecting
section and is unpainted to extreme left end. (It extends further to incorporate
the gable of the outbuilding; see later). Ground floor has three openings. Set
to left and to left of centre is a top-hung casement window (as before). To
extreme right is a large conservatory with flat leaded roof. It is six top-hung
casements wide and two deep (all sharing a continuous sill) over a base detailed
as house. First floor has five openings. To extreme left is a small pivotal 1x2
window (without sill). Aligned above ground floor left opening, with a similar
window to its right, is a 2x3 side-hung casement. Aligned above central ground
floor opening is a 2x1 side-hung casement. Above conservatory is a third 2x3
window. Rear elevation is abutted to right of centre by the rear projecting
section. The exposed section of the main block has a window to each floor at
central bay (set to immediate left of projecting section). That to ground floor
is a 6/6 sliding sash, that to first floor is a side-hung casement. Projecting
section is all detailed as house. Its rear gable is completely abutted by the
two-storey outbuilding (see later). The inside (N) cheek is abutted to left of
centre by a small height lean-to annexe. To its right is a semi-elliptical
headed coach-arch containing two t+g-sheeted doors. First floor has a 1x2 pivot
window to either side. The annexe has a mono-pitched natural slate roof. N face
has a 3x1 pivotal window. Right cheek has a timber door with a rectangular
opening (boarded) ahead. Left cheek is blank. Right gable has a window to each
floor at centre (that to first floor is diminished in height). Outbuilding: The
outbuilding to rear forms the E block of the stable-yard and is incorporated
into house at first floor. It has a natural slate roof, hipped to S and gabled
to N. There are two small brick chimneys, one to far left to lower part of rear
pitch, and one aligned slightly to its right, placed at ridge. Walls are
lime-rendered over rubble stone. Yard-facing elevation has a door opening to
right of centre with a 2x3 side-hung casement above. It is abutted to right end
by the S block of the stable yard. Left (N) gable has a boarded window opening
to ground floor right and an in-filled window opening to first floor left. Rear
(house facing) elevation has three door openings to ground floor (that to right
has a t+g sheeted door). First floor has a 2/2 sliding sash to right and a
similar (but narrower) window to left. It is abutted to left by the rear
projecting section of main block. Right (S) gable has a side-hung casement to
first floor. The remainder of the stable-yard consists of a block to S and to W.
All are two-storey with pitched natural slate roofs and lime-rendered rubble
stone walls. All openings are t+g sheeted. (The owner now occupies the left-hand
side of the S block.) Setting: The house is set back from the road on a
prominent site. It is reached by a curved driveway which is accessed by a pair
of interlocking wrought-iron gates with similarly detailed gate screen, all hung
on square-in-section gate piers with a single carved panel to each side and
pyramidal coping (the outside piers are narrower).
Architects
Not Known
Historical Information
The building shown on the 1834 OS map is described in the
1839 first Valuation book as "an extremely handsome and commodious house"
measuring 45ft6in x 24ft x 12ft. It was occupied by Henry Jackson in 1862 and
its valuation was then £26. The dimensions are now given as 21ft x 19ft 6in x 2
storeys; evidently it had been rebuilt in the intervening period. The Valuation
also noted that it was a "very respectable stylish farmhouse suitable for a
gentleman's residence; low upper storey". The present main block has a larger
footprint, indicating a later rebuild, possibly signified by the 1906 Valuation
revision book entry of that year; the earlier section probably survives at the
rear. Primary sources: 1. OS 6" map 1st edition, 1834, Co Fermanagh sheet 40 (PRONI
OS 6/4/40/1). 2. First valuation book, Clones Parish, 1839 (VAL 1B/46, p.353 and
404). 3. Second Valuation, Clones Parish, Clones Union, 1860 (PRONI VAL 2B/4/6,
p.182). 4. Valuation Revision book, 1906 (PRONI VAL 12B/25/2D, p.52).
Criteria for Listing
Architectural Interest
A. Style B. Proportion C. Ornamentation D. Plan Form I. Quality and survival of
Interior J. Setting
Historic Interest
X. Local Interest
Evaluation
This house is of handsome proportions and possesses some
unusual and attractive detailing. It retains many original features of interest
and a considerable amount of its internal and external character. It occupies a
prominent site and, along with its stable yard, forms a group of some integrity.
General Comments
Date of Survey
Monday, December 04, 2000
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