Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Belvedere
Ballintemple, Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Garden Features
- Date of construction
- 1820 - 1839
- Address
- Belvedere, Ballintemple, Newry, Co. Armagh
- Townland
- Ballintemple
- Council
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.14881, -6.41767
- Date of survey
- 12 June 2000
- HB reference
- HB16/13/031
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 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
A ruinous, square plan belvedere to N of Camlough Wood.
All walls are rubble granite with the remains of a castellated parapet. Principal elevation faces S and has a datestone inscribed ‘AD/1839’. There is a door opening at right with a window opening to its left and one above to first floor. Each remaining elevation (that to W has partially collapsed) has a single window to each floor.
Historical information
The datestone attests to the tower’s construction in 1839. It is first depicted on the 1861 OS map.
Primary sources:
1. Datestone.
2. Second edition OS 6" map, Co Armagh sheet 29, 1861 (PRONI - OS 6/2/29/2).
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
A castellated granite belvedere occupying a picturesque site overlooking the Ring of Gullion AONB. A similar belvedere (HB16/13/029) is sited within the Fathom Park Demesne
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