The Holme, Holme Road, Dromore, Omagh, Co. Tyrone, BT78 3BX

The Holme is a detached three-bay two-storey house built around 1820, located on the south side of Holme Road, Dromore. It would have been a substantial dwelling for its period, as evidenced by its largely intact plan form and surviving original features. The house, together with adjacent outbuildings to the north, forms part of a rural group that preserves something of the historic farming character of the area. However, the building has deteriorated significantly, and insufficient original fabric remains to merit listing as a structure of special architectural or historic interest.

The house is rectangular on plan, aligned east-west. The pitched roof is covered in natural slate with blue-black clay ridge tiles. Lime-rendered corbelled gable chimneystacks rise from the walls; the eastern stack has partially collapsed. Stone corbelled eaves support half-round cast-iron rainwater goods.

The walls are constructed of lime-rendered roughly coursed rubble. Windows are 6/6 timber sliding sashes with exposed boxes contained within brick surrounds and stone cills; most windows have been removed, with only a few frames lacking glazing remaining. One vertically-sheeted timber door survives; doors are similarly set within brick surrounds.

The principal elevation faces south and features a central round-arched-headed opening from which the door has been removed. An original window opening stands at each side; these have since been enlarged to form door openings. Three window openings occupy the first floor. The left (west) gable contains two attic windows, both reduced in size. The right (east) gable is detailed similarly to the left.

The rear (north) elevation shows evidence of an earlier return, now removed; the roof line and exposed rubble walling remain visible. This elevation contains four ground-floor openings: an original window altered to a door opening at the left, a window opening at the centre, a lower timber-sheeted door which would have been housed within the removed return, and a window at the right. Three windows occupy the first floor.

Various traditionally constructed outbuildings stand to the north of the house, most now largely ruined. These are accessed by a lane at the north which connects to Holme Road.

Historical records show the property appearing on the Townland Valuation map (1820–1840). It is captioned "The Holme" on the 1853 Ordnance Survey map, the main building shown with a small porch or projection to the centre of the main elevation. An L-shaped outbuilding is also recorded opposite. By the 1905 map, buildings stood to three sides, forming a semi-courtyard space. The Townland Valuation records James Sproule as occupier of a "dwelling house and offices" valued at £12, with a marginal note reading "new office, new house". Griffith's Valuation of 1858 captions the property as "The Holme", leased from John Irvine. Valuation Revisions record Henry Hamilton as occupier from 1865, the same year a "herds house" was deleted from the site and a "Cottier's house" valuation increased from 10 shillings to £1. Charles Hamilton occupied the property in 1878, and by 1892 the valuation had decreased to £10 as it was noted to be "in bad repair". In the same year, two small houses were added under the same plot number, possibly representing the outbuildings opposite the main house.