Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
26 Cottage 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
- 26 Cottage Road, Newry, Co Armagh, BT35 8RS
- Townland
- Clontygora
- Council
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.12119, -6.32267
- Date of survey
- 17 May 2000
- HB reference
- HB16/13/059
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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
One and a half storey, two bay vernacular house aligned N-S on lane off Cottage Road.
Pitched natural slate roof with a brick chimney to right gable. Advanced eaves course without rainwater goods.
Walls are whitewashed lime rendered random rubble. Principal elevation faces E. Left bay is longer and has a windbreak porch to its right. Each bay has a window opening to each floor. Those at ground floor have granite cills. Those to upper floor appear to be more recent insertions; they are smaller and have cement cills (that to left is a 4/2 sliding sash). Porch has a monopitched natural slate roof. To its front face is a t+g sheeted door and its right and left cheeks are blank. There are low granite seats to either side. Right bay has a window opening to each floor.
Left gable is abutted by the lower outbuilding of the adjoining property (HB16/13/64). Exposed section is unrendered and blank.
Rear elevation has a window opening to either end of ground floor and one to centre of the upper floor. All without cills.
Right gable is abutted by a lower outbuilding. The exposed section has a single small window opening set at right of apex.
House is abutted at right gable by two single storey outbuildings and a linking low monopitched shed. The outbuildings each have a pitched natural slate roof with tiled skews; right outbuilding is set at an angle. All of no interest.
Historical information
A building is shown here on the 1835 OS map, but has no valuation, indicating a one-storey structure. It cannot be tied to a specific entry in the second or revision valuations. The present two-storey building is probably of mid 19th century date.
Primary sources:
1. First edition OS 6" map, Co Armagh sheet 29, 1835 (PRONI - OS 6/2/29/1).
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
One of a pleasant group of vernacular houses and outbuildings situated at the end of a lane off Cottage Road.
Nearby in the register
- 24 Cottage RoadHouseunder 1 mi
- 22 Cottage RoadHouseunder 1 mi
- St Michael's RC ChurchChurchunder 1 mi
- Outbuildingsunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.