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Thatched structure

Curley, Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Thatched structure, Curley, Newry, Mourne and Down, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation
Record only (not listed)
Grade
Record Only
Type
Demolished
Address
Thatched structure, to SW of Curley House, 18 Curley Road, Newry, Co Down, BT34 1NU
Townland
Curley
Council
Newry, Mourne and Down
Country
Northern Ireland
Coordinates
54.24629, -6.24242
Date of survey
09 January 2000
HB reference
HB16/14/013

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Demolished. A similar circular reinforced concrete structure stands on the site, set to the SW of Curley House (HB16/14/052). Its uncovered roof structure is of modern sawn timbers. It is supported centrally by a cast-iron post with a circular trough at the base.

Historical information

The first HMMB slide shows a similar structure with a conical thatched roof and rendered rubble stone walls.

Primary Sources:
1. HMBB first survey slide dated January 1973.

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

An agricultural structure, much altered (or more likely completely rebuilt) and of little architectural interest.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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