69 Killeague Road, Macosquin, Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, BT51 4UB

The building at 69 Killeague Road was a single-storey gabled thatched cottage constructed in the early to mid 19th century, located in a remote rural setting south-west of Coleraine town in the townland of Derrydorragh. The cottage has since been demolished and no trace of the former house remains; the site is now overgrown and used for farm storage.

At the time of the first survey in 1971, the cottage was a vernacular dwelling with harled and whitened walls. The main elevation contained fine plain sashed windows and a modern door. A corrugated asbestos roofed lean-to projection on the north side also contained two plain sashed windows, a fully glazed window and a half door. The gable of the cottage rose to a painted brick chimney stack, with a further stack on the ridge.

Historical records show the building was occupied by Samuel Black from at least 1856, when Griffith's Valuation listed him as the leaseholder under Thomas Richardson. The house and offices were valued at £1 10 shillings and situated on a farm of over 30 acres. The farm remained in the Black family until 1882 when it was taken over by William Ramage, recorded in the 1901 census as a farmer with his wife and four children. The four-room second class house was thatched, as were half the houses in the townland at that date. By 1911 Margaret Ramage, now widowed, continued to live there with her three children.

A range of associated outbuildings remain on the site, though they appear disused. These comprise gabled, pitched and slated structures of rubble-stone construction with vestiges of render and whitewash. A two-storey block contains half-doors and timber sheeted openings, with largely exposed rubble interior walling, late 20th century roof structure with repairs evident to wallheads, and timber mangers remaining to wall. A similar single-storey building abuts with a timber sheeted door to centre and a multi-pane metal frame window. A single-storey pitched corrugated iron structure lies to the left, largely obscured by vegetation.

Planning permission for a replacement dwelling was granted around the time the building was listed. Despite consultations between the Department and the owner and offer of grant aid, the vacant building deteriorated and was subsequently demolished.