Survey Data
Reg No
40809042
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1855 - 1875
Coordinates
261376, 438501
Date Recorded
16/10/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Semi-detached five-bay two-storey with attic level house, built c. 1865, having central single-bay single-storey flat-roofed entrance porch to the main elevation (south), and later single- and two-storey returns to rear (north). One of a pair of buildings with the dwelling (see 40809043) adjoining to the east. Pitched artificial slate roofs with modern rooflights to north and south pitches, blue-black clay ridge tiles, yellow brick chimneystacks to either end (east and west) with stepped caps over, and with paired moulded eaves course to the south elevation having paired modillions\brackets. flat-roof to porch having moulded rendered eaves cornice over smooth render block modillion course. Smooth rendered lined-and-ruled walls to south elevation and west gable end over projecting smooth rendered plinth course, and with smooth rendered block-and-start quoins to the west corner. Render stringcourse beneath eaves. Square-headed window openings with smooth rendered reveals, stone and concrete sills, and with replacement windows. Square-headed door opening to east side of porch having smooth rendered reveals, replacement painted timber door, and with plain overlight. Set back from road in elevated site the east\north-east of the centre of Moville overlooking Lough Foyle to the south. Gardens to the front, and driveway shared with adjoining property (see 40809043). Roughcast rendered boundary wall to road-frontage to the south having rendered saddle-backed coping over. Roughcast rendered piers (on square-plan) to ends of boundary wall. Shared gateway to the south comprising a pair of decorative cast-iron gate posts having a pair of hooped wrought-iron gates. Gateway flanked to either side by sections of quadrant walling.
Appraisal
This substantial semi-detached house, of mid-to-late nineteenth-century appearance, retains much of its original form and character. The loss of the original fittings to the openings, although regrettable, fails to detract substantially from its visual appeal and integrity. It forms an interesting pair of buildings with the adjoining dwelling (see 40809043), both houses being constructed as part of a single project. These two properties also share a gateway, which is an interesting feature that is unusual in Moville. Visual interest is added by the simple paired eaves brackets and the detailing to the porch. This building formerly had gable-fronted dormer windows like those at the adjoining building, now removed. This building (and its neighbour) dates to the mid-to-late-nineteenth century, a period when Moville became a fashionable seaside resort among the middle classes with daily steam boats arriving from Derry and Portrush during the summer months. This building forms part of a notable collection of middle class houses in Moville and environs that date to this period in the town’s history. This house was the residence of either a Col. Connolly Dysart or a Mrs Florinda Lyne in 1881 and 1894 (Slater’s Directory). This house, although altered, makes a positive contribution to the streetscape to the east of the centre of Moville, and is a modest addition to the built heritage of the local area. The attractive hooped wrought-iron gates add to the setting and context, and are interesting additions to the streetscape along Bath Terrace.