Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Dwelling 620m south of 92 Chapel Road
Tamnaghbane, Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- House
- Date of construction
- 1840 - 1859
- Address
- Dwelling 620m south of 92 Chapel Road, Killevy, Newry, Co Armagh, BT35 8JY
- Townland
- Tamnaghbane
- Council
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.15066, -6.40811
- Date of survey
- 15 May 2000
- HB reference
- HB16/13/039
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1838 "Ireland, north sheet." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
Single storey/ two-bay vernacular building with separate outbuilding. Aligned NE-SW with right gable to road.
Pitched artificial slate roof (rounded corners to slates) with cement skews to gables. Red brick chimney to left gable and one just off-centre. There are no rainwater goods. Walls are whitewashed and lime rendered random rubble.
Principal elevation faces SE. To right of centre is a windbreak porch with artificial monopitched slate roof. To front face is a timber-sheeted door. Cheeks are blank. To either side is a window opening. That at left has timber lintel and the remains of a 2/2 sliding sash frame and stone cill. That right has timber lintel and cement rendered jambs and cills.
Left gable is blank.
Rear elevation has window opening with timber head and remains of a 1/1 exposed-box sash.
Right gable is blank.
The outbuilding faces NW towards dwelling; left gable to road. Pitched roof has natural slates and irregular cement skew to each gable. Walls are of random rubble. To centre of principal elevation is a doorway. Left gable is blank. Rear elevation is blank save for a small ventilation opening. Right gable is also blank.
Setting
Enclosed to road by random granite rubble wall containing well, now infilled, to inside face. Premises accessed by modern metal gate hung on circular gate pillars with conical cement copings.
Historical information
Although a building is shown at this location on the 1835 OS map, it and its associated outbuilding do not assume their present plan form until the 1861 edition. They are thus of mid 19th century date.
Primary sources:
1. First edition OS 6" map, Co Armagh sheet 29, 1835 (PRONI - OS 6/2/29/1).
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
An attractive lobby entry vernacular house which now retains few features of interest.
Nearby in the register
- Dwelling 290m south of 92 Chapel RoadHouseunder 1 mi
- BelvedereGarden Featuresunder 1 mi
- Killevy Post Office and OutbuildingsPost Officeunder 1 mi
- Murrays CornerHouseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.