Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
27 Clontafleece Road
Ballyrussell, Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- House
- Date of construction
- 1900 - 1919
- Address
- 27 Clontafleece Road, Warrenpoint, Newry, Co Down, BT34 3QS
- Townland
- Ballyrussell
- Council
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.13527, -6.23887
- Date of survey
- 18 October 1999
- HB reference
- HB16/11/030
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 1881 "Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
Two storey /two bay vernacular house in farmyard off Clontafleece Road.
Pitched natural slate roof with tiled skews and red brick coped chimneys – one to each gable. Plastic half round rainwater goods on raised rendered eaves. Walls are smooth rendered over random rubble.
Main elevation faces S into yard. Modern plywood door in a windbreak porch to centre (at left side of right bay). Pitched natural slate roof and plain bargeboards (one missing). Window to right and also to left bay. Window to first floor of both bays. All have painted granite cills and are boarded up.
Left gable is blank
Right gable is abutted by a single storey concrete blockwork outbuilding which advances out beyond the front elevation.
Rear elevation has a window opening to each floor of each bay. That at top left lights the stairwell.
Historical information
Although a house is shown here on the 1834 OS 6" map (probably a one-storey thatched house), it is first described in its present form in the 1914 Valuation Revision entry (measuring 33ft x 16ft x 16ft high). Its rateable valuation increases from £1 to £3 at this time. Although it could be an enlargement of the original, it is more likely to be a complete rebuild.
Primary sources:
1. OS 6" map (1834), Co Down sheet 51 (PRONI, OS/6/3/51/1).
2. Valuation Revision book (PRONI, VAL/12B/22/25B, p.28).
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
This building has no features of special architectural or historic interest.
Nearby in the register
- 14 Clontafleece RoadHouseunder 1 mi
- Aghavilly CottageHouseunder 1 mi
- 131 Clonallan RoadHouseunder 1 mi
- Aughavilla LodgeHouseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.