Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
29 Clontigora Hill
Clontygora, Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- House
- Date of construction
- 1880 - 1899
- Address
- 29 Clontigora Hill, Newry, Co. Armagh, BT35 8RU
- Townland
- Clontygora
- Council
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.10345, -6.32599
- Date of survey
- 17 May 2000
- HB reference
- HB16/13/050
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1866 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
A single storey double bay house, aligned NE-SW on NW facing slope of Anglesey Mountain, overlooking the Ring of Gullion.
Pitched natural slate roof with tiled verges and brick chimney to each gable and to party wall between bays. Walls are lime rendered random rubble with brick trim to window and door openings (rendered over).
Principal elevation faces NW. There is a windbreak porch to left end of left bay and centre of right bay. Both are tied into main roof and have pitched natural slate roofs with tiled verges and pole-moulded terracotta ridge tiles. Face and cheeks are lined smooth cement rendered. Doors are gone; cheeks are blank.
Immediately to right of left hand porch is a collapsed window opening, to right of which is a second window opening. To either side of right hand porch is a similar window. All have concrete cills.
Left gable is blank.
Rear elevation is partly built into a bank and has a window opening to each bay.
Right gable is blank.
Historical information
A building is first cited here on the 1906-07 map, but not on the 1861 edition. It has not been possible to identify it precisely in the Valuation revision books. It probably dates from the late 1800s.
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).
3. Third edition OS 6" map, Co Armagh sheet 29, 1906-07 (PRONI - OS 6/2/29/3).
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
A pleasantly sited vernacular building with two porches and interesting plan form, with timber partition walls.
Nearby in the register
- 33 Clontigora HillHouseunder 1 mi
- 36 Clontigora RoadHouseunder 1 mi
- 30 Clontigora RoadHouseunder 1 mi
- Dwelling off Ferryhill Road 340m SSW of No 31 Ferryhill RoadHouseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.