20 Draperstown Road, Tobermore, Magherafelt, Co. Londonderry, BT45 5QG is a Grade B2 listed building in the Mid Ulster local planning authority area, Northern Ireland. First listed on 9 January 2006. 1 related planning application.
20 Draperstown Road, Tobermore, Magherafelt, Co. Londonderry, BT45 5QG
- WRENN ID
- other-chancel-thrush
- Grade
- B2
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Ulster
- Constituency
- Mid Ulster MP: Mr Cathal Mallaghan (SF)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Date first listed
- 9 January 2006
- Address
- 20 Draperstown Road, Tobermore, Magherafelt, Co. Londonderry, BT45 5QG, Moneyshanere, BT45 5QG
- Irish grid reference
- H 817 963
- Coordinates
- 54.80846, -6.72891
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
This is a one and a half storey, four bay, direct entry house located just over half a mile from Tobermore at the end of a shared lane about a quarter of a mile in length. The lane leads off Wood Road near the south-west end of Tobermore and heads towards Draperstown.
The building dates from the 19th century but could be considerably earlier, with window opening proportions suggestive of 18th century work. It is constructed of stone and brickwork with a roughcast finish above a recessed dark coloured plinth. The roof is of corrugated asbestos, which replaced the original thatched covering in 1942.
The house features five double-corbelled chimneystacks, with one on each gable and the others at intermediate points over the kitchen, bedroom and parlour hearths. None of the stacks have pots. Rainwater goods are of plastic fixed to timber fascias. Windows are of top-hung timber construction throughout, with traditional depth sills except for the bathroom window. The parlour window is paired. The entrance is protected by a projecting porch with curved corrugated iron roof, flanked by two top-hung timber windows on either side. The entrance door is glazed above and below with single panels and is flanked by upper lights glazed with obscure glass. The right-hand (north-east) gable has a similar window at upper level, while the left-hand (south-west) gable is blank.
At the rear north-east corner is a scullery projection with a lean-to corrugated asbestos roof and wall finish matching the main house. A shed of brick and stone construction with curved corrugated iron roof abuts the north-east gable. The house is enclosed by a concrete wall and accessed via a flat iron gate.
The building appears on the first Ordnance Survey map of 1832 with a single outbuilding projecting at the north-west corner. The 1854 revision shows a similar layout but includes an addition of a projection integral with the house at the south-east corner, a feature which no longer exists. Major alterations in 1942 included raising the walls, applying new wall finish, forming a new roof structure, and making certain internal alterations.
Despite these alterations, the house retains a strong historic character. The south-east facing elevation overlooks a lawn with herbaceous borders.
Local climate
20 Draperstown Road, Tobermore, Magherafelt, Co. Londonderry, BT45 5QG sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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