Survey Data
Reg No
31302601
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
Hunting/fishing lodge
In Use As
Hunting/fishing lodge
Date
1855 - 1865
Coordinates
82479, 323098
Date Recorded
20/01/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay single-storey fishing lodge, built 1860, on an L-shaped plan with single-bay (south) or four-bay (north) single-storey side elevations. Occupied, 1911. Hipped slate roof on an L-shaped plan with clay ridge tiles, paired rendered central chimney stacks having cut-limestone stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta octagonal pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on box eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered walls. Square-headed central door opening, timber doorcase with monolithic pilasters on step threshold supporting "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed cornice on scroll consoles, and concealed dressings framing timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled double doors having sidelights on panelled risers. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Set in landscaped grounds with piers to perimeter having lichen-covered pyramidal capping supporting flat iron double gates.
Appraisal
A fishing lodge erected by the Carters of Beal an Mhuirthead [Belmullet] representing an integral component of the mid nineteenth-century built heritage of the environs of Bangor with the architectural value of the composition, 'a lodge in a simple though substantial vernacular style' (Bowe 2004, 125), suggested by such attributes as the deliberate alignment maximising on scenic vistas overlooking the meandering Owenmore River; the compact plan form centred on a Classically-detailed doorcase; and the high pitched roofline. Having been well maintained, the elementary form and massing survive intact together with substantial quantities of the original fabric, thus upholding the character or integrity of a fishing lodge having subsequent connections with John Martin Coyne (----), 'Landed Proprietor' (NA 1901); Richard O'Brien Hickson (1860-1921) of nearby Bingham Lodge (see 31302602; NA 1911); and a succession of tenants including Francis Hastings Martin Atkins (1850-1931), 'No Profession' (NA 1911).