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85 Ballagh Road

Ballaghanery Upper, Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of 85 Ballagh Road, Ballaghanery Upper, Newry, Mourne and Down, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation
Record only (not listed)
Grade
Record Only
Type
House
Date of construction
1800 - 1819
Address
85 Ballagh Road, Newcastle, Co Down, BT33 OLA
Townland
Ballaghanery Upper
Council
Newry, Mourne and Down
Country
Northern Ireland
Coordinates
54.17226, -5.87525
Date of survey
17 June 1997
HB reference
HB16/01/037

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1808 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1817 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

The main feature of interest in this refurbished dwelling is the roof thatch, which is cut decoratively along the ridge in English style. The house itself is otherwise of little vernacular interest, having been extended and top-hung windows inserted.

Historical information

A building is shown at this location on the 1834 O.S. 6” map (sheet 49).

Primary Sources:
1. PRONI-1834 OS 6/3/49/1, (1834 OS map).

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

This thatch is of some interest, albeit not of local character.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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