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No real history or details here. The thing that these houses have all got in common, aside from being located in County Antrim, is they are all in a pretty poor state and/or have got very little left in the way of stuff inside (hence not merit worthy of a full report).
There's widespread residential dereliction in Northern Ireland, due to depopulation of rural areas as people headed for Belfast and beyond. This is borne out by the 2017 Population Census. Of the overall population of 1.87 million, 623 thousand (33%) were located in the Belfast Metropolitan area. That leaves two thirds of the pop spread over an area of 13,170 sq. km at a population density of just 95/ sq. km.
House 1: Torr Road
By the side of the road and just a shell but quite photogenic:
Miscill Derelict NI 01 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img0322 by HughieDW, on Flickr
Miscill Derelict NI 02 by HughieDW, on Flickr
Miscill Derelict NI 03 by HughieDW, on Flickr
House 2: The Blacksmith's house, Ballyvoy
Again long-time abandoned, very far gone and very dark:
img0392 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img0390 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img0389 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img0384 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img0386 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img0387 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img0388 by HughieDW, on Flickr
House 3:
Also Ballyvoy and just round the corner for House 2. Bigger but even less to see:
img0393 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img0395 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img0397 by HughieDW, on Flickr
House 4:
The third of three houses in Ballyvoy - this cottage was again pretty slim pickings:
img0400 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img0401 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img0402 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img0403 by HughieDW, on Flickr
There's widespread residential dereliction in Northern Ireland, due to depopulation of rural areas as people headed for Belfast and beyond. This is borne out by the 2017 Population Census. Of the overall population of 1.87 million, 623 thousand (33%) were located in the Belfast Metropolitan area. That leaves two thirds of the pop spread over an area of 13,170 sq. km at a population density of just 95/ sq. km.
House 1: Torr Road
By the side of the road and just a shell but quite photogenic:
Miscill Derelict NI 01 by HughieDW, on Flickrimg0322 by HughieDW, on FlickrMiscill Derelict NI 02 by HughieDW, on FlickrMiscill Derelict NI 03 by HughieDW, on FlickrHouse 2: The Blacksmith's house, Ballyvoy
Again long-time abandoned, very far gone and very dark:
img0392 by HughieDW, on Flickrimg0390 by HughieDW, on Flickrimg0389 by HughieDW, on Flickrimg0384 by HughieDW, on Flickrimg0386 by HughieDW, on Flickrimg0387 by HughieDW, on Flickrimg0388 by HughieDW, on FlickrHouse 3:
Also Ballyvoy and just round the corner for House 2. Bigger but even less to see:
img0393 by HughieDW, on Flickrimg0395 by HughieDW, on Flickrimg0397 by HughieDW, on FlickrHouse 4:
The third of three houses in Ballyvoy - this cottage was again pretty slim pickings:
img0400 by HughieDW, on Flickrimg0401 by HughieDW, on Flickrimg0402 by HughieDW, on Flickrimg0403 by HughieDW, on Flickr
