Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
36 Clontigora Road
Clontygora, Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- House
- Date of construction
- 1840 - 1859
- Address
- 36 Clontigora Road, Newry, Co Armagh, BT35 8RR
- Townland
- Clontygora
- Council
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.10946, -6.33186
- HB reference
- HB16/13/056
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. b. Prov: Ulster. Counties: 13-21" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
A two-storey, single bay house aligned E-W with E gable to the road.
Pitched natural slate roof with tiled verges and red brick corbelled chimney to the left gable. Walls are lime-rendered random rubble. Principal elevation faces N. To right end is a windbreak porch with pitched natural slate roof, timber bargeboards and t+g sheeted door to face. Left and right cheeks are blank. To its left is an exposed box window with granite cill. Aligned above is a similar window, its head is at eaves level.
Left gable is blank.
Rear elevation has ground floor window opening to right. First floor has two window openings. All have brick dressings and are detailed as those to façade.
Right gable is blank.
Historical information
A building is first cited here on the 1861 map, but not on the 1835 edition. It therefore dates from the mid 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).
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
An interesting single bay house with porch to right end, however it has lost most of its windows and internal fabric.
Nearby in the register
- 30 Clontigora RoadHouseunder 1 mi
- 33 Clontigora HillHouseunder 1 mi
- 29 Clontigora HillHouseunder 1 mi
- 22 Killeen School RoadHouseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.