Carrickatane and Ardcame Road, Strabane, Co Tyrone BT82 0LT

Carrickatane and Ardcame Road, Strabane, Co Tyrone

This clachan consists of single-storey buildings and outbuildings with one two-storey barn, all constructed around 1830. The complex is divided into two separate groups located on either side of Ardcame Road at its junction with Carrickatane Road. The northern group comprises four buildings, recorded here; the southern group, designated HB10/10/021B, is located in the grounds of 15 Ardcame Road, a large detached residence built around 1930.

The buildings are arranged in linear form along the roadside, aligned west to east and facing the road. They are numbered 1 to 4 from west to east.

Building 1 is a single-storey three-bay dwelling or workshop located at the west side of the junction with Carrickatane Road. The roof is traditionally constructed thatch, partially visible beneath corrugated tin. A single rubble stone chimney rises from the party wall between bays and to the left gable. Walling is limewashed lime render. Windows are gone or sheeted over, though the remains of what appears to be a 2/2 sash window is visible internally. There is an enlarged opening to the centre of the principal elevation and a sheeted window to either side. The left gable has a high-level window opening. The rear elevation is built into a bank and has a large opening infilled with rubble stone to the left of centre, contained in a slight outshot, with a window to the left bay partially covered over. The right gable is exposed rubble stone and blank. The building is fronted by heavily overgrown grassed area, with a raised bank to the rear accessed by a field gate and wooded area to the north.

Building 2 is a split-level multi-bay store, two-storey to the road-facing elevation and single-storey to the rear. The roof is pitched natural slate over corbelled stone eaves; rainwater goods are gone. Walling is limewashed roughly coursed rubble stone. Openings are tongue-and-groove sheeted, except where otherwise stated; door openings have limewashed brick heads. The principal road-facing elevation has two loading doors to the loft storey and two ground-floor doors with three ventilation openings to the left end. A pair of pattress plates sits between the door heads. The left gable has a loading door with timber lintel and brick relieving arch. The rear elevation is built into a bank and has an enlarged opening with timber lintel to the left and a door opening to the right. The right gable is blank.

Building 3 is a three-bay single-storey building with high eaves, heavily overgrown. The roof is pitched natural slate over stone corbelled eaves. Walling is limewashed rubble stone. Windows appear to be 2/2 sliding sash. The door is overgrown. Gables are blank; the rear could not be accessed.

Building 4 is a split-level barn with loft, aligned north to south with gable to the road and located at the east end of the group. The roof is pitched natural slate over stone corbelled eaves. Walling is random rubble stone. Window openings are empty; those doors which remain are timber sheeted. The two-storey principal elevation faces west and consists of three doors to the ground floor (one infilled with concrete block), all with brick relieving arches. The loft has a central loading door flanked by a window at either side, all with timber lintels. The left gable is abutted by a lean-to timber structure. The rear elevation is built into a bank and is single-storey, with a door to the right side. The right gable is blank and overgrown.

The group occupies a rural setting. To the east of the row is a wooded area accessed by a wrought-iron pedestrian gate. To the south is a further group of traditional buildings and a large early twentieth-century house.