16 Cochranstown Road (Quarterland), Dundrod, Crumlin, County Antrim, BT29 4JG

This property comprises a detached single-storey rendered dwelling built circa 1830 and a range of rubblestone outbuildings. The complex is of significant local interest but does not meet the test for listing.

The house is rectangular on plan, facing southwest across a long paved yard. It has a pitched corrugated iron roof with two replacement brick chimneystacks and cement coping to the gables, with cast-iron rainwater goods. The walls are rough-cast rendered. The front west elevation is three windows wide, with square-headed window openings fitted with concrete sills and timber sash windows. A gabled shallow breakfront entrance porch with corrugated iron roof and timber sheeted half-door occupies the centre. The southernmost bay contains a single uPVC window. The north gable is blank. The rear elevation, facing into the yard, is three windows wide with an off-centre door opening. Two single-pane timber sash windows with raised and fielded timber linings are visible, along with a single uPVC window and timber sheeted door. The south gable is blank.

The principal outbuildings line the east side of the yard. This linear two-storey rubblestone range has a pitched natural slate roof with replacement metal guttering to iron brackets, set on a brick eaves course. Square-headed door and window openings have brick arches with sheeted timber doors and multi-pane timber casement windows. Circular openings formed in redbrick to both elevations contain iron pivot windows. The centre of the range features an elliptical-headed carriage arch spanning front to rear, fitted with sliding timber sheeted doors. Lean-to projections project from both ends of the rear elevation.

To the west of the yard stand a pair of single-storey rubblestone outbuildings with pitched natural slate roofs and cast-iron posts, with a further outbuilding to the rear of the central structure.

The site is set on mature grounds with deciduous forest to the east fronting onto the B154 road, and an ancient fort lies to the west. Access is by a short lane opening onto Cochranstown Road to the north.

Historical Development

The building first appears on the first edition Ordnance Survey map of Dundrod townland dated 1832–33, which shows an oblong building situated to the east side of an ancient fort. At that time, the house possessed two outbuildings: one to the northeast of the dwelling (occupying the current footprint of the east linear range) and a lengthy range extending south to the rear. By 1858, a second edition map records an additional outbuilding constructed to the southeast of the house. Griffith's Valuation records of 1859 show the farmhouse was occupied by Martin Farrell and valued at £2.

The fourth edition Ordnance Survey map of 1920–21 shows the site renamed "Quarterland" with minimal alteration since 1858, apart from two small outbuildings added to the southeast of the house. Records from Dundrod Presbyterian Church indicate James Ervine occupied Quarterland at some point between 1859 and 1911. Mary Ferguson is noted as residing there until her death in February 1922. The 1901 Census records Thomas and Susan Ireland occupying a small farm in Dundrod; a local newspaper entry from 1945 records Mrs. Susan Ireland's death at Quarterland. The farmhouse roof was replaced with corrugated iron at an unknown date. At the time of inspection, the house was unoccupied, though the farm buildings continued in use.