Survey Data
Reg No
40809028
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1880 - 1890
Coordinates
261182, 438280
Date Recorded
16/10/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced two-bay two-storey with half-dormer attic house, built c. 1884, with two-storey canted bay to front elevation, and two-storey return to rear. One of a terrace of buildings with the structures adjoining to the north-east (see 40809029 and 40809030) and the buildings to the south-west (see 40809023 to 40809027). Pitched artificial slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, yellow brick chimneystack with yellow brick cogging stringcourse and stepped brick coping and polygonal pots, exposed timber rafters to eaves, with replacement rainwater goods; decorative timber bargeboards and timber stalactite finial to gabled half-dormer window; hipped roof with moulded cornice to canted bay, surmounted by cast-iron sill-guard serving half-dormer window; cast-iron rainwater goods. Smooth rendered chimneystack to return. Roughcast rendered walls; smooth rendered walls to canted bays having stucco panels over moulded cornice to first floor of canted bay. Smooth rendered stringcourses to main body of building forming hoodmouldings over openings; round smooth render motif over window opening over doorway. Smooth rendered walls to rear elevation and return. Square-headed window openings with one-over-one pane horned timber sliding sash windows and painted rendered sills. Continuous sill course to first floor; two-over-two horned timber sash windows to rear and return. Segmental-headed door opening to the west end of the front elevation with smooth rendered head with vermiculated keystone motif over, replacement timber door, plain overlight, and flanking timber pilasters supporting timber lintel over. 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 window. Decorative interest is added by the smooth rendered detailing, and by the cast-iron sill guard over the canted bay window. It forms part of a formal terrace along with its neighbours to the north-east (see 40809029 and 40809030) and the buildings to the south-west (see 40809023 to 40809027) that form Montgomery Terrace, which is one of the most striking architectural set-pieces in Moville. The smooth rendered 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.