Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Lock Keeper's House
Lisdrumgullion, Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Demolished
- Date of construction
- 1800 - 1819
- Address
- Lock Keeper's House, Near Canal Quay, Newry, Co Down
- Townland
- Lisdrumgullion
- Council
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.18444, -6.33543
- Date of survey
- 25 May 1998
- HB reference
- HB16/25/023 A
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
No trace of this building remains.
Historical information
Associated with first lock on inland section of Newry Canal. According to Green, erected when lock refurbished in period 1801-12. Described as “toll and lock house” on 1861 OS map.
Sources:
1. E.R.R. Green, 1963, The industrial archaeology of Co. Down, p.69 (Belfast: HMSO).
2. OS 6" map (1861) Co Armagh Sheet 26 (PRONI - OS 8/20/1/3).
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
Demolished
Nearby in the register
- Lock no.2Canal Structureunder 1 mi
- Newry CanalCanal Structureunder 1 mi
- 10 Belfast RoadDemolishedunder 1 mi
- Boundary Marker outside 69 Downshire Road Newry Co DownBoundary Markerunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.