Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
8-10 Sandys Brae
Ballymageogh, Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- House
- Date of construction
- 1800 - 1819
- Address
- 8-10 Sandys Brae, Tullyframe Road, Attical, Kilkeel, Newry, Co Down, BT34 4RZ
- Townland
- Ballymageogh
- Council
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.10571, -6.06352
- Date of survey
- 24 June 1998
- HB reference
- HB16/05/010
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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
A pair of three-bay/ one-storey houses stepping downhill off Sandys Brae and aligned NE-SW. No 8 is to left, and No 10 to right.
Both roofs are pitched corrugated iron and walls are lime rendered whitewashed random granite rubble with substantial areas of concrete blockwork around doors and windows. All windows have modern concrete cills.
No 8
Concrete block chimney between first and second bay from left. No rainwater goods. The main entrance is in the middle bay and has a modern glazed and panelled stained timber door. All the original window openings have been enlarged and concrete cills inserted. Each bay has a modern painted timber casement window.
The left gable is rendered and blank.
The rear elevation has no openings and is rendered and painted.
The right gable is abutted by no 10.
No 10
Steps down from no 8 and is also stepped between middle and right bays. The roof has two chimneys - one between the left and middle bay, the other on the right gable; both are modern cement rendered. Right gable has concrete verge.
The main entrance is within middle bay. The roof continues forward above the door to form a porch with rendered cheeks, with a modern glazed stained timber door set within. Each bay has a single painted timber top opening window (that to middle bay is left of door).
The left gable is abutted by no 8 and the right gable is blank. The rear elevation has one painted top hung window to left bay.
Historical information
Range of buildings shown on 1834 OS 6” map. Not cited in first Valuation (as below £5 in valuation). Described as one storey in 1861 valuation. First HMBB survey card states, 'A small terrace of single storey whitened dwellings.'
Primary sources:
1. PRONI – OS 6/3/55/1(1834 OS map) (Down sheet 55).
2. PRONI- VAL 1B/ 390A (1838 valuation).
3. PRONI- VAL 2B/3/81A, (1861 valuation) pp. 61-2.
4. HMBB First Survey Card dated 06/12/1972.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
Substantially altered vernacular group of pre-1834 vernacular buildings with few remaining original features.
Nearby in the register
- 134 Tullyframe RoadHouseunder 1 mi
- 130 Tullyframe RoadHouseunder 1 mi
- Lime KilnRural Industryunder 1 mi
- 86 Tullyframe RoadHouseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.