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Heritage at Risk In Northern Ireland |
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County Antrim - The Stables and Gate Lodge , Cairndhu, Ballygalley
This sprawling complex and estate buildings, which was formerly the Sir Thomas and Lady Dixon Hospital, have been the cause of much concern since the buildings at risk campaign first started in the early 1990s.
It can be been described as a two storey, many gabled Victorian house, given a Chinese flavour by the design of the ornate open-work bargeboards, and of the elaborate wooden veranda and balcony running along most of its front. The barge boards are unfortunately now gone.
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The gate lodge was the first building within the grounds to be featured as a building at risk; next to feature was the main house, when it was described as being in need of urgent repair. That still remains the case today, and has also been subjected to vandalism.
The stables on the other hand have never before appeared in the register. However, they are without doubt in the worst state of the three structures, having been left completely open to the elements. At the time of sale, in the late 1990s, there were high expectations that it would be bought by someone sympathetic to the building's needs, and who would also initiate immediate holding repairs as an initial step towards complete restoration.
The current owner, Diljit Rana, has been served with an Urgent Works Notice, requiring him to carry out immediate repairs
County Londonderry - Factory, 1 Abercorn Road, Derry
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Several factories featured from Derry in the building at risk campaign have successfully found new uses, including the former Rosemount factory, the Star factory and the Welch and Margetson factory.
One prominent former shirt factory remains at risk, the Ben Sherman factory on Abercorn road. Its one time neighbour, the Tillie and Henderson shirt factory, which was built in 1856, symbolised Derry's textile industry, dominating employment in the city for almost 140 years. This building was on such an immense scale that it effectively shielded the factory on Abercorn road from prominence.
The Tille and Henderson factory was demolished after a huge fire gutted the building in Decemeber 2002. Its demise has turned the spotlight on the Abercorn road building, now one of the last remaining links to the city's industrial past.
Designed and built in 1863, by the local architect A. McElwee, it is one of the earliest factories, with a very pleasantly weathered coloured brick. The fenestration is handled in an austere simple Georgian manner. The sweep of the building from Abercorn Road to Wapping Lane is interestingly done and punctuated with a ground floor entrance and a clock tower at the top.
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