Bann Rowing Club is a rowing club in Coleraine, Northern Ireland. It is situated on the east bank of the Lower Bann river in Hanover Place south of the Coleraine Bridge. Founded in 1842, Bann is one of the oldest rowing clubs in all of Ireland.[1]
The present boathouse was constructed in 1900, replacing earlier structures on the site.[2] The club's boathouse is a listed historic building, having been listed in 1977.[2]
The club competes regularly in national regattas across Ireland including the annual National Championships, Cork.
History
On 7 July 1864, the boathouse and nine boats were destroyed by fire causing £300 worth of damage (a considerable sum at the time). The building destroyed was the club's first purpose-built boathouse, erected earlier that year adjoining the ferry slipway at Hanover Place.[3]
A new boathouse was constructed in 1900 to designs by Coleraine town surveyor William James Given, after the foundations of the earlier structure were found to be unsatisfactory. Contemporary accounts reported that the new clubhouse compared favourably with similar rowing buildings elsewhere in the British Isles and contributed to Coleraine’s reputation as a progressive county town.[2]
The boathouse is a late Victorian recreational building, characterised by a brick ground floor with a timber-clad upper storey and prominent gables facing the River Bann, giving it a "distinctive nautical appearance".[2]
The building was listed for its architectural and historic interest in 1977, and underwent refurbishment and extension during the late 20th century, including the addition of a modern extension to the north in the 1990s.[2]
12345Historic Building Details: Bann Rowing Club Boathouse (HB03/18/017) (Report). Northern Ireland: Department for Communities, Historic Environment Division. 30 January 2013.
↑"Fire in Coleraine". Londonderry Sentinel. 8 July 1864. Retrieved 11 February 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
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