Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
159 Belfast Road
Derrycraw, Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- House
- Date of construction
- 1880 - 1899
- Address
- 159 Belfast Road, Newry, Co Down, BT34 1QX
- Townland
- Derrycraw
- Council
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.23673, -6.32198
- Date of survey
- 06 March 2000
- HB reference
- HB16/14/041
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 1866 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
A two-storey/ three bay farmhouse on the E side of the Belfast Road.
Pitched natural slate roof with two rebuilt corbelled red brick chimneys – one to either side of central bay. Advanced eaves course with half-round plastic rainwater goods. Modern skylights to rear pitch.
Principal elevation faces W. Walls are smooth rendered and painted with stepped V-channelled quoins (front corners only). Smooth rendered basecourse. Each bay has a window to each floor. All are 2/2 uPVC sliding sash windows with thin concrete cills. Central bay has an additional entrance porch set to the left of the window. Porch has a gabled natural slate roof and walls as the house. Modern door has eight raised and fielded panels. Left and right cheeks have a modern window (as others).
Left (S) gable has a window at ground floor centre.
The rear (E) elevation is abutted to centre by a cat-slide roof return (see later). The exposed left and right bays each have a window at first floor. The return is detailed as house. Its left cheek and rear face have a single window. Its right cheek has a modern timber door.
The right (N) gable has a uPVC French window at ground floor and a window in gable.
Historical information
Although buildings are shown at this location on the 1834 OS 6" map (and described as one-storey high in the 1836 Valuation), the present dwelling appears to be of late 19th century date, being described in the 1895 Valuation revision book as "new house, 25ft x 16ft x 18ft". It was refurbished 1998. The worked included external rendering, insertion of modern uPVC windows and the replacement of the chimneys. The entrance porch flat roof was replaced with a pitched natural slate one.
Primary sources:
1. OS 6" map, 1834, Co Down sheet 40 (PRONI OS 6/3/40/1).
2. First Valuation book, 1836 (PRONI VAL 1B/355, p.118).
3. Valuation revision book, 1895 (PRONI VAL 12B/22/11D, p.9).
4. Information from owner, March 2000.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
Renovated farmhouse that has no features of special interest.
Nearby in the register
- Beech HillHouseunder 1 mi
- Milestoneunder 1 mi
- TraymountHouseunder 1 mi
- House at Four mile, opp. 189 Belfast RoadHouseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.