Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Vernacular House
Aghadavoyle, Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- House
- Date of construction
- 1820 - 1839
- Address
- Vernacular House, South of 16 Dernaroy Road, Killevy, Newry, Co Armagh, BT35 8SP
- Townland
- Aghadavoyle
- Council
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.10282, -6.40536
- Date of survey
- 24 July 2000
- HB reference
- HB16/15/039
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 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
A single-storey, three bay vernacular dwelling with single-storey outbuilding to left gable. It is aligned roughly E-W on the W side of Dernaroy Rd.
Pitched natural slate roof with brick chimney to left gable and on party wall between central and right bay. There are no rainwater goods. All walls are whitewashed lime-rendered rubble stone.
Principal elevation faces S. Left bay is slightly raised and has a central 2x3 metal-framed window with original granite cill (set at a lower level). Central bay has t+g sheeted door at left and a similar window with concrete cill at right. Right bay is a byre and has a central 2/2 sliding sash window with narrow concrete cill (now boarded over).
Left gable is abutted by a lower, single-storey outbuilding. The exposed section is cement-rendered and blank. The outbuilding has a pitched corrugated metal roof with concrete skew to exposed gable. Walls are as house. Principal elevation has a t+g sheeted half-door at left and a fixed metal lattice-framed window at right. Its left gable is abutted by a slightly lower lean-to (of no interest). Exposed section is cement rendered and blank. Rear elevation has a rubble stone base course and is blank.
Rear elevation is blank.
Right gable has a t+g sheeted door at right.
Historical information
A building is shown at this spot on the 1835 OS map.
Primary sources:
1. OS 6” map, 1st edition, Co Armagh sheet 29 (PRONI OS 6/2/29/1).
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
A pleasant single-storey vernacular house, retaining most of its features. Along with its similarly detailed neighbour (HB16/15/038) it forms an attractive group but is not of special architectural or historic interest.
Nearby in the register
- Vernacular HouseHouseunder 1 mi
- Gate Lodge to Hawthorn HillGates/ Screens/ Lodgesunder 1 mi
- Dwelling off lane onHouseunder 1 mi
- Hawthorn HillHouseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.