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Cranmore House is a seventeenth-century dwelling situated in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The house sits upon Sherwood Sandstone Group bedrock, a formation of sandstone, siltstone and mudstone laid down during the Ladinian period of geological history. This geology underpins much of the local landscape and would have influenced the availability of building materials and ground conditions during the property's construction in the seventeenth century.
The house represents domestic architecture of the period when Belfast was beginning to develop beyond a small fortified settlement. Its construction predates the major expansion of the town in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, making it a significant survival from the early modern era. The building reflects contemporary building practices and the social status of its original inhabitants.
Cranmore House is protected as a listed monument by the Historic Environment Division under reference 5046, recognising its importance to the cultural and architectural heritage of Belfast. The house contributes to understanding the early development of domestic building in the city and the transition from medieval to early modern settlement patterns in the region.
Cranmore house. 17th century house is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 5046. View the official record →
Cranmore House is a seventeenth-century dwelling situated in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 5046.
Cranmore house. 17th century house dates from the c17th period, and is classified as a house. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Cranmore house. 17th century house is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Ni. The official designation reference is 5046.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Motte (3 km), Mound - rath/barrow? (3.1 km), Dunmurry fort. rath (4.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Cranmore house. 17th century house's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Cranmore house. 17th century house stands on Sherwood Sandstone Group, bedrock that formed in the Ladinian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.