38 Catherine Street, Limavady, Co Londonderry, BT49 9DB is a Grade B2 listed building in the Causeway Coast and Glens local planning authority area, Northern Ireland. First listed on 28 March 1975.
38 Catherine Street, Limavady, Co Londonderry, BT49 9DB
- WRENN ID
- other-outpost-honey
- Grade
- B2
- Local Planning Authority
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- Constituency
- East Londonderry MP: Mr Gregory Campbell (DUP)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Date first listed
- 28 March 1975
- Irish grid reference
- C 670 229
- Coordinates
- 55.04981, -6.95192
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
38 Catherine Street is a late Victorian terraced house in the Georgian style, built in the early 20th century (approximately 1900–1919). It forms part of a symmetrical pair with its neighbouring number 36, and together they provide an important architectural stepping stone on Catherine Street, descending in height to the lower houses further along the terrace. The building remains well preserved externally and contributes significantly to the architectural character of the street.
The house is a three-storey, two-bay brick structure facing north-west onto Catherine Street. It has a natural slate roof with a Velux-type rooflight and a rendered chimney on the south-west gable. The upper two floors feature twelve-pane sliding sash windows with painted stone cills. A string course formed by the first-floor cill extends across both paired buildings. The entrance door, positioned at the north-east end of the facade, has a glazed upper portion and is set within a simple rendered rectangular surround with a plain segmental fanlight above. The single ground-floor window contains a pair of sashes.
Historically, a building was recorded on this site on the 1830 town map, but the Griffiths Valuation of 1858 indicates it was of considerably lower value (£4.00) than the present structure, suggesting the current house does not date from that period. The 1907 Ordnance Survey map is the first to show buildings consistent with those now existing, displaying symmetrical returns about the central junction. The earliest surviving deeds for the houses date from 1899, though this does not necessarily confirm the date of construction, as deeds for the entire terrace were drawn up contemporaneously. Michael Keen French, founding partner of Mark Keen French and Ingram Solicitors (which remains on Catherine Street), owned the row of houses from number 38 to 44.
The building functioned as a private residence until the 1980s, when it was purchased from Michael McGinnis by a dental practice. It underwent renovation in 1984. A rear extension was added in 1989, constructed by builder Raymond Colhoun, extending the full depth of the site.
The building is now in commercial use as a health centre (dental surgery).
Local climate
38 Catherine Street, Limavady, Co Londonderry, BT49 9DB sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,140 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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