14 Clonevin Park, Lisburn, County Antrim, BT28 3BL

14 Clonevin Park is a detached, symmetrical three-bay two-storey house built around 1905 in Lisburn, County Antrim. It is a fine example of late Edwardian suburban architecture and retains substantial original fabric and detailing both internally and externally.

The house is T-shaped on plan, facing south, and set back from the north side of Clonevin Road within its own landscaped grounds. The structure combines redbrick and rendered walling, with a pitched natural slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles. Two redbrick chimneystacks feature profiled cement coping and clay pots. Cast-iron guttering is carried on exposed rafter feet with sheeted overhanging eaves, timber bargeboards and shaped brackets to either gable, and cast-iron downpipes. The upper floor is finished in painted pebbledash render, whilst the lower level is laid in English garden wall bond redbrick with a splayed render string course between floors and a projecting redbrick plinth course.

The front elevation is symmetrically composed with three bays. A pair of three-sided canted bays to the ground floor feature lead roofs, moulded cast-iron guttering, chamfered flush red sandstone lintel and sill courses, and single-pane timber sash windows. The upper floor has paired 6/1 timber sash windows. A central three-centred arched door opening, formed in moulded redbrick and red sandstone with a compound arch, chamfered brick jambs and decorative red sandstone carved stop chamfer at sill level, is the focal point. The original tripartite timber doorcase features Art Nouveau leaded coloured glazing, bolection moulded flat panels, a brass doorstep and plain tripartite overlight. Window openings throughout feature redbrick surrounds and red sandstone sills with original timber sash windows retaining original glass.

The west gable has two ground-floor window openings matching the front elevation, a single off-centre first-floor window with brick surround and 6/1 timber sash window, and a pair of round-headed window openings at attic level with single-pane timber sash windows. The rear elevation is abutted by a lower two-storey redbrick return with natural slate hipped roofs, diminutive single-pane timber sash windows and a timber panelled and glazed door. A central lucarne rising from the centre of the rear elevation features a segmental-headed single-pane timber sash window. The west elevation of the return has a pair of single-pane timber sash windows with a single concrete sill, inserted around 1980, and a replacement timber glazed door into a small rear yard. The east gable is blank.

The building is set on a modest landscaped plot with a gravel driveway, enclosed to the road and neighbouring properties by hedging. To the north side of the rear yard stands a single-storey redbrick outhouse with a single pitched natural slate roof, original sheeted timber doors and timber sash windows.

The house first appears on the fourth edition Ordnance Survey map of 1921. The third edition, dating to around 1900, shows that Clonevin Park had been laid out and building had begun by that date, though the 1901 census records only one house in Clonevin Park. A field survey suggests an approximate construction date of around 1905. The 1911 census records 17 houses along the road, indicating that most dwellings on the north side were in place by this date. During the Second World War, the house served as a fire station with a large garage for fire engines in the rear garden, as documented in the reminiscences of Trevor Neill concerning Lisburn during that period.

The Fort Hill district of Lisburn is largely unspoiled and retains predominantly Edwardian character. This house makes a significant contribution to the heritage of the area through its architectural quality and survival of original detailing.