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BOOM HALL DEMESNE DERRY, COUNTY LONDONDERRY HISTORIC LANDSCAPE APPRAISAL Historic Landscape Analysis, Significance and Vision Boom Hall, east front, slopes and riverside wall World War II Commissioned by DERRY CITY AND STRABANE DISTRICT COUNCIL From SR Historic Environment Ltd November 2020 BOOM HALL HISTORIC LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT SR Historic Environment Ltd November 2020 CONTENTS 1 Executive Summary, & Vision & General Conservation Policies ..................................................... 4 2 Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 11 HISTORIC ANALYSIS ............................................................................................................................... 14 3 Summary of Key Historic Landscape Phases ................................................................................. 14 4 Historic Mapping of Demesne ...................................................................................................... 18 5 Analysis of Historic Design and Context........................................................................................ 33 THEMATIC SURVEYS .............................................................................................................................. 38 6 Structures ...................................................................................................................................... 38 7 Historic Views ................................................................................................................................ 46 8 Historic Setting .............................................................................................................................. 55 9 Horticulture ................................................................................................................................... 60 10 Trees .......................................................................................................................................... 63 11 Management of the Park .......................................................................................................... 71 12 Archaeological Evidence and Potential ..................................................................................... 77 13 Gaps in Knowledge & Further Work Required .......................................................................... 86 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE ............................................................................................................. 90 14 Historic Significance .................................................................................................................. 90 RECOMMENDATIONS: THEMATIC AND CHARACTER AREAS ................................................................ 96 15 Thematic Recommendations .................................................................................................... 96 16 Summary of Key Issues and Condition in Character AReas .................................................... 103 17 Character Area Recommendations ......................................................................................... 105 APPENDICES ........................................................................................................................................ 112 18 Appendix 1 Key References ..................................................................................................... 112 19 Appendix 2 Chronology of Demesne...................................................................................... 114 20 Appendix 3 Historic Development .......................................................................................... 122 21 Appendix 4 Context of Derry Villa Demesnes ......................................................................... 137 22 Appendix 5 Register of Historic Parks and Demesnes of Special Historic Interest (NIHE) ...... 144 23 Appendix 6 Photographs of Landscape Structures ................................................................. 145 24 Appendix 7 Gazetteer of Selected Notable Trees ................................................................... 149 25 Appendix 8 Ancient Oak Trees in Ireland, T Reeves-Smyth .................................................. 154 See also accompanying pdf overlay file ‘Overlay Historic Maps LIDAR Boom Hall SRHEL 09 Sep 20’. 1 BOOM HALL HISTORIC LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT SR Historic Environment Ltd November 2020 FIGURES Figure 1 Study Area and Key Features Map. ........................................................................................................... 3 Figure 2 1689 Siege Map (Walker, Map of Derry as Besieged in 1688-89). ......................................................... 18 Figure 3 1689 Siege Maps (north at bottom). ...................................................................................................... 19 Figure 4 1830 Ordnance Survey, 1st edition 6” scale. .......................................................................................... 20 Figure 5 1848-52 Ordnance Survey, 2nd edition 6” scale. ................................................................................... 22 nd Figure 6 1848-52 Ordnance Survey, 2 edition 6” scale, detail of core of demesne. .......................................... 23 st Figure 7 1904 Ordnance Survey, 1 edition 25” scale. ......................................................................................... 24 st Figure 8 1904 Ordnance Survey, 1 edition 25” scale, detail of core of demesne. .............................................. 25 Figure 9 1932 Lease Map, Marks Surveyor, based on 1932 OS. (credit?) ............................................................ 26 Figure 10 1932 Ordnance Survey, 6” scale. .......................................................................................................... 27 th Figure 11 1948-49 Ordnance Survey, 5 edition 6” scale. ................................................................................... 28 Figure 12 1949 Sale Map, Marks Surveyor, based on OS. (credit?) ...................................................................... 29 Figure 13 1962-63 Ordnance Survey, 25” scale. ................................................................................................... 30 Figure 14 1962-63 Ordnance Survey, 25” scale, detail of core of demesne. ........................................................ 31 Figure 15 Current Topographical Survey. ............................................................................................................. 32 nd Figure 16 Merchant Villas Closest to Boom Hall, Ordnance Survey 2 edition surveyed 1848-52. ..................... 34 th Figure 17 Derry City Context, Ordnance Survey 5 edition surveyed 1948-49. ................................................... 37 Figure 18 Early C20 view of Boom Hall from the Gransha estate, ........................................................................ 49 Figure 19 Key Historic Views. ................................................................................................................................ 50 Figure 20 East Front of Hall, set on a terrace above a level lawn, c.1890s (Ayton). ............................................. 61 Figure 21 Boom Hall from the south-east, early C20 (NMNI Lawrence Collection, WAG 2412) .......................... 66 Figure 22 Boom Hall from the south-east, early C20, detail (NMNI Lawrence Collection, WAG 2412). .............. 67 Figure 23 Boom Hall, east front, slopes and riverside wall World War II ............................................................. 67 Figure 24 LiDAR coverage of the demesne for areas without trees (Foyle River Gardens). ................................. 79 Figure 25 LiDAR coverage of the whole demesne including below trees (Foyle River Gardens). ........................ 80 Figure 26 Aerial photograph with possible position of Quonset/Nissen huts in World War II. ........................... 81 Figure 27 The line of the Boom in the early C21 (B. O’Donnell). .......................................................................... 85 Figure 28 c.1690 Siege Features map overlying 1830 Ordnance Survey Map. ................................................... 124 Figure 29 c.1690 Siege Features map overlaid with current topographical survey. .......................................... 125 Figure 30 c.1690 Siege Features map overlaid with current aerial photograph. ............................................... 127 Figure 31 Late C19 photograph of the entrance steps to the Hall. .................................................................... 133 Figure 32 1909 Forecourt and entrance steps. ................................................................................................... 133 Figure 33 Late C19 photograph of the east, garden front and croquet lawn (original with R Bigger). .............. 134 Figure 34 Late C19/early C20 photograph of the east, garden front (Ayton)..................................................... 134 Figure 35 c.1993 The derelict Hall, the west, entrance front, photograph. ....................................................... 134 © Dr S Rutherford for SR Historic Environment Ltd 2020 All rights reserved. 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