House, 123 Glenhead Road, Magheramore, Limavady, Co Londonderry, BT49 9LR

This is a large vernacular farmhouse, likely constructed between 1840 and 1859, situated on flat land 20 metres back from Glenhead Road in Magheramore, near Limavady. It is recorded as being in a derelict condition. The building faces almost due south.

The farmhouse is two storeys and five bays wide. The walls are harled and whitened. Windows are irregularly spaced on both the ground and first floors; ground floor windows are largely covered with corrugated metal, and most of the first-floor windows are missing, though traces of twelve-pane sliding sash windows remain. The roof is covered in Bangor blue slates and features four chimneys, one on each gable and two in the central bay, all rendered with sand/cement. A flat-roofed porch projects from the second bay from the west gable, facing south; it has a door towards the west, and a simple projecting string course on the parapet. The gable walls are similar, with a single window at first floor level. The rear elevation has irregularly spaced windows, and a projecting single-storey kitchen return.

Behind the house are the remains of single-storey farm outbuildings, some of which are still used for storage. A tree-lined avenue connects the farmyard to Glenhead Road. The Ordnance Survey map of 1848 first indicates the farmhouse’s existence; it appears to have initially been built as a three-bay wide house, with the present porch occupying the central bay, and two further bays added later. The house was acquired in the mid-1970s by a farmer already living on Glenhead Road, and has been unoccupied for several years. It was formerly the residence of Mr W Horner, a barrister and money lender, and stood on land formerly belonging to the Ogilby family, serving as the house for a large tenant farmer in the area. The remains of a cast iron gate post are located on Glenhead Road, aligned with the building.