Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
West Lodge
Ballyrogan or Mourne Park, Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Outdoor Pursuits Centre etc
- Date of construction
- 1840 - 1859
- Address
- West Lodge, Mourne Park Estate, Off Tullyframe Road, Kilkeel, Newry, Co Down, BT34 4RY
- Townland
- Ballyrogan or Mourne Park
- Council
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.08685, -6.07005
- Date of survey
- 14 October 1998
- HB reference
- HB16/05/065
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 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
Single storey / two bay lodge, with additional third bay, aligned W-E within the estate boundary, on east side of White Water River.
Pitched concrete tiled roof, hipped to west and gabled to east. Two painted cement rendered chimneys, one on party wall between first and second bays (from left) and second on east gable. Overhanging eaves with modern barge and eaves boards, and sheeted soffit. Modern plastic rainwater goods.
South facing façade is painted rubble stone to first and second bays and third is smooth rendered. First bay has a modern door and modern casement widow, with painted granite cill. Second bay has a single similar window and third bay has a modern door. All opening have metal security grilles over.
Left gable is abutted by a single storey lean-to extension. Exposed wall to left has a small casement window. West wall of return is blank and each cheek has a small modern casement.
Rear elevation has a small modern casement to each bay.
Right elevation is blank.
A low granite rubble wall encloses front garden. To west, running parallel with the river, is the estate boundary wall with gate piers to a ford (for wall see HB 16/05/066). The mass concrete piers of a four-span footbridge over the river and steps up to it on east side remain, but all the timberwork of its four horizontal spans is gone.
Historical information
Not shown on the 1834 OS 6” map. First depicted on 1859 edition, indicating a mid 19th century construction date. Shown opposite a wooden bridge and ford.
Dean states: “ by a ford a pleasant lodge, now approached by a foot-bridge. Single storey stuccoed Regency style with a low pitched hipped roof”.
Completely remodelled as a hostel in the 1980s.
Primary Sources:
1. PRONI – OS 6/3/55/1 (1834 map) (Down sheet 55).
2. PRONI - OS 6/3/55/2 (1859 map) (Down sheet 55).
J.A.K. Dean (1994), The Gate Lodges of Ulster- a Gazetteer, p.85 (Belfast: UAHS).
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
Of interest as a former gate lodge to Mourne Park. Originally of similar style to east gate lodge (HB 16/05/67). Completely remodelled as a hostel in the 1980s and no longer of any special architectural interest.
Nearby in the register
- 27 Glenloughan RoadHouseunder 1 mi
- 10 Tullyframe RoadHouseunder 1 mi
- 86 Tullyframe RoadHouseunder 1 mi
- Gardener’s HouseHouseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.