Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Kiln
Ballymagart, Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade B2
- Grade
- B2
- Type
- Rural Industry
- Date of listing
- 15 June 1988
- Date of construction
- 1840 - 1859
- Address
- Kiln, Ballymagart Mill, Ballyardle Road, Kilkeel, Newry, Co. Down, BT34 4JX
- Townland
- Ballymagart
- Council
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.06222, -6.04901
- Date of survey
- 06 August 1998
- HB reference
- HB16/05/021 B
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1830 "V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
Two and half storey/ two-bay kiln, facing north to corn and threshing mills (HB16/05/021E) and associated with other industrial buildings on this site (HB16/05/021A, C, D).
Roof is gone but seems to have been pitched and slated. Walls are of squared and snecked granite rubble, laid in courses, with brick header course to eaves.
On front elevation, left bay (which contained the drying floor) is longer and that to right (a grain store) has a gable to facade. Left bay has a small cill-less window to right at ground floor and to top floor centre is a similar window with iron bars inset. Right bay has a central doorway with timber lintel at ground floor with similar to each upper floor. First and second floor doors are t+g sheeted and flanked to left and right by small brick-dressed windows with bars over. In gable over the top floor door head is a hoist.
Left gable is blank.
Rear wall advances slightly to ground floor right, and has a single window to top floor right. Otherwise blank.
Right gable has, at top floor centre, a blind brick-dressed window (larger than those to front elevation). It is abutted at ground floor left by a brick lean-to, the slate roof of which has collapsed. There is a 2x5 pane metal window in front wall and t+g sheeted door and small blocked up window in left (north) cheek. Right cheek is blank.
Historical information
Probably erected in 1846 at same time as associated corn mill. In use until 1950s.
Sources:
1. PRONI – D 1201/23/27. (1853 encumbered estates rental notice for the lower half-townland of Ballymogart [sic]).
2. HMBB file notes by F.W. Hamond dated 4 Dec 1987.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
D. Plan Form
E. Spatial Organisation
J. Setting
K. Group value
Criteria for listing: historic interest
X. Local Interest
Evaluation
This structure is a ruin with the drying floor element clearly discernible. Part of a significant industrial grouping.
Nearby in the register
- Corn MillMillunder 1 mi
- Flax MillMillunder 1 mi
- Houseunder 1 mi
- Belgian Flax MillMillunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.