Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Mossdale
Dunnaman, Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- House
- Date of construction
- 1820 - 1839
- Address
- Mossdale, 27 Scrogg Road, Dunnaman, Kilkeel, Newry, Co Down, BT34 4EF
- Townland
- Dunnaman
- Council
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.05964, -6.02137
- Date of survey
- 23 October 1998
- HB reference
- HB16/04/001
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 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
Two storey / three bay house, aligned N-South on the west side of Scrogg Road. This vernacular building has been completely remodelled and retains no features of interest.
Pitched concrete pantiled roof with painted timber barge and eaves boards. Two pebbledashed chimneys with concrete coping on either side of central bay. Modern plastic rainwater goods.
Walls are pebbledashed with smooth bands to corners. Modern stained timber front door is to centre and enclosed within a modern flat roofed glazed timber porch. There is a single window to left and right bays at ground floor and one window to each bay above. All are enlarged original openings with concrete cills and stained timber fixed windows with transoms over.
Gables are blank. Rear is similarly altered.
Historical information
A building is shown at this location on the 1834 OS 6” map.
The HMBB survey card states: ''a two storey, three bay, harled and whitened house with slated roof and three chimneys. A gabled porch with modern door is flanked either side by unrecessed twelve pane sashed windows. Upper windows are similar. ''
Primary Sources:
1. HMBB survey card ( 07/11/1972).
2. OS 6" map, 1st edition (1834) Co Down sheet 55 (PRONI OS/6/3/55/1)
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
This building retains no features of historic or architectural interest.
Nearby in the register
- 18 Greencastle StreetHouseunder 1 mi
- Dunnaman HouseDemolishedunder 1 mi
- WW II StructuresWorld War II Structuresunder 1 mi
- 33 Greencastle RoadHouseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.