8 Lime Market Street, Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, ** See general comments **

No. 8 Lime Market Street, Coleraine

No. 8 Lime Market Street is a mid-19th century two-storey terraced dwelling constructed between 1830 and 1849–53 as part of the southern expansion of Coleraine in the early-Victorian period. The building does not appear on the Ordnance Survey map of 1830, but by the second edition (1849–53) it was clearly visible as part of a row of buildings on the western side of the street, directly south of Coleraine Markets, which were completed in 1829.

The house is rectangular on plan with a principal southeast-facing elevation comprising two bays. The façade is rendered in smooth plaster with original 6/6 timber sash windows without horns and projecting painted sills. The ground floor features a large boarded window opening on the right and an entrance door on the left, now missing. The southwest and northeast elevations are abutted by adjoining buildings. The roof is missing and the structure is roofless and open to the elements, with remnants of raised masonry verges visible to the south side. No rainwater goods survive. The northwest rear elevation has been partially demolished. Only the front elevation now stands; the rear wall and most interior fabric have been lost.

According to Griffith's Valuation of 1858, the property was owned by John Boyd of Dundooan House and leased as a storehouse to James Moore, a spirit dealer and proprietor of Coleraine Distillery. By 1865 it had been converted into a private dwelling. From the 1880s, Charles Dempsey occupied the house for over twenty years; the 1901 Census recorded him as a retired army pensioner, resident with his wife Ellen and three children, describing the house as containing eight rooms with outbuildings including a turf house, shed and store.

In 1909 the property was acquired by Charles Hamill & Sons, coach builders who had established a factory at Lime Market Street around 1904. They retained the house as a private dwelling while operating their adjacent workshop. The combined property was valued at £18 in 1918. Following the First General Revaluation in 1935, Archibald Hamill owned the property and leased it to George McKee; by 1956–72 it was leased to Rebecca McKee whilst the adjoining factory had been converted to a warehouse. The building was listed in 1977 but has since fallen into advanced disrepair. The extent of fabric loss means it is not of sufficient interest to warrant listing.