Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Former Ballyveaghmore Public Elementary School
Ballyveagh More, Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- House
- Date of construction
- 1920 - 1939
- Address
- Former Ballyveaghmore Public Elementary School, beside 50 Ballyveaghmore Rd, Ballymartin, Kilkeel, Newry, Co Down, BT34 4XJ
- Townland
- Ballyveagh More
- Council
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.10324, -5.94713
- Date of survey
- 17 July 1997
- HB reference
- HB16/02/044
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 1900 "Ireland" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
Former school now much altered and extended. Single storey, hipped slated roof, cement rendered walls and chimneys. Plaque on raised, central parapet to south elevation reads ‘Ballyveaghmore Public Elementary School 1939’.
Historical information
Built in 1939 to replace ‘Ballyveagh School’ which was formerly in the next plot to the east.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
Local social interest in former school but not sufficient to warrant listing.
Nearby in the register
- Farmyard of no 54 Ballyveaghmore RdHouseunder 1 mi
- 34 Ballyveaghmore RoadHouseunder 1 mi
- Gates at 14 Sabbath HillGates/ Screens/ Lodgesunder 1 mi
- Lime KilnRural Industryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.