Survey Data
Reg No
40809024
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1880 - 1890
Coordinates
261159, 438266
Date Recorded
15/10/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced two-bay two-storey with half-dormer attic house, built c. 1884, with single-storey canted bay to front elevation (south), and single-bay two-storey return to rear. One of a terrace of buildings with the structures adjoining to the north-east (see 40809025 to 40809030) and the building to the south-west (see 40809023). Pitched artificial slate roof (fibre cement) roof with terracotta ridge tiles, yellow brick chimneystacks to the gable ends with yellow brick cogging stringcourse and with stepped brick coping and polygonal pots over, exposed timber rafters to eaves, and with replacement and cast-iron rainwater goods; decorative timber bargeboards and bracing and cast-iron finial to gabled half-dormer window; hipped roof with moulded eaves cornice to canted bay. Painted roughcast rendered walls with smooth rendered walls to stall-riser to canted bay. Square-headed window openings with patent rendered reveals with one-over-one pane horned timber sliding sash windows; two-over-two pane horned timber sliding sash windows at first floor with smooth rendered stringcourse forming hoodmouldings over window openings and with circular motifs over openings, and continuous sill course. Segmental-headed door opening to the west end of the front elevation with smooth rendered surround, replacement timber double-doors, and with plain overlight. Fronts directly onto street. Located to the south\south-west of the centre of Moville overlooking Lough Foyle to the south.
Appraisal
Dating from the late nineteenth century, this fine Victorian house retains its original character and form. Its visual appeal and integrity is enhanced by the retention of the majority of its salient fabric, including timber sliding sash windows. It forms part of a formal terrace along with its neighbours to the north-east (see 40809025 to 40809030) and the building to the south-west (see 40809023) that form Montgomery Terrace, which is one of the most striking architectural set-pieces in Moville. The applied stucco detailing, canted bay window and gabled dormer combine to give character and artistic quality to the streetscape. With spectacular views over Lough Foyle to the south, properties along this terrace would have been particularly desirable among the middle classes. This terrace was originally constructed by the Montgomery family of nearby New Park (see 40809049), where Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery (1887-1976) spent part of his youth. Moville became a fashionable seaside resort during the second half of the nineteenth century, with daily steam boats arriving from Derry and Portrush during the summer months. This building forms part of a collection of middle class houses in Moville and environs that date to this period in the town’s history. This building is an integral element of the built heritage of Moville, and is an attractive feature along the coast to the south\south-west of the town centre.