Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
87 Ballyveaghbeg Rd
Ballyveagh Beg Upper, Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Demolished
- Date of listing
- 25 October 1977
- Date of delisting
- 19 December 1985
- Date of construction
- 1860 - 1879
- Address
- 87 Ballyveaghbeg Rd, Kilkeel, Newry, Co Down, BT34 4XL
- Townland
- Ballyveagh Beg Upper
- Council
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.12331, -5.96650
- Date of survey
- 17 July 1997
- HB reference
- HB16/02/010
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1854 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
Replacement dwelling – all traces of original house gone.
Historical information
Recorded in HMBB survey card of 1972 as “Harled and whitened cottage with roped thatched roof. Windows are sashed. West gable rises to a chimney stack. Corrugated iron roofed bungalow beside. Half door to thatched cottage is flanked to west by a plain sashed window and to east by a sashed window with vertical divisions. There is a plainer light to rear. Gable hearth with pot crane.'
Not marked on 1834 or 1859 OS 6” maps (Down sheet 53), but shown on 1901 map.
Primary sources:
1. 1834 OS map (Down sheet 53).
2. 1859 OS map (Down sheet 53).
3. 1901 OS map (Down sheet 53).
4. HMBB survey card dated 26/06/1972.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
Demolished.
Nearby in the register
- 131 Head RoadHouseunder 1 mi
- Dwelling to rear of 162 Head RdHouseunder 1 mi
- 168 Head RdHouseunder 1 mi
- Former Bingian SchoolOutdoor Pursuits Centre etcunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.