Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Gates at
Benagh Upper, Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Gates/ Screens/ Lodges
- Date of construction
- 1800 - 1819
- Address
- Gates at, Bayview House, 43 Benagh Road, Kilkeel, Newry, Co Down, BT34 4LT
- Townland
- Benagh Upper
- Council
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.05082, -6.07539
- Date of survey
- 15 November 1998
- HB reference
- HB16/04/028
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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
Set of three gates serving house and yards at 55 Benagh Road, Kilkeel
A) A pair of rubble stone circular piers c.2m high, harled and whitewashed with conical caps, each with a rounded boulder finial. The gate is a modern pedestrian gate giving access to the front garden of the house.
B) Serving rear yard. A pair of piers, as above c. 2.5m high. The gates are a pair of flat iron traditional designs with dog bars to bottom half.
C) Giving access from the rear yard to the inner one. A pair of piers, as above, c. 2.5m. The gates are a pair of flat iron traditional designs with all bars running the full height.
Historical information
Building shown here on 1834 OS 6” map. Pillars probably of 19th century date.
Primary Source:
1. PRONI – OS 6/3/57/1 (1834 map) - Down sheet 57.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
These gates are representative of features that were once relatively common in the Ulster landscape. It is unusual to find three in such close proximity to one another.
Nearby in the register
- Benagh HouseHouseunder 1 mi
- 53 Benagh RoadHouseunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- 33 Greencastle Pier RoadHouseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.