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8-10 Basin Walk

Lisdrumgullion, Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland

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Designation
Record only (not listed)
Grade
Record Only
Type
Demolished
Date of construction
1760 - 1779
Address
8-10 Basin Walk, Newry, Co Down, BT35 6HU
Townland
Lisdrumgullion
Council
Newry, Mourne and Down
Country
Northern Ireland
Coordinates
54.17943, -6.33655
Date of survey
18 March 1998
HB reference
HB16/26/004

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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Exterior description and setting

Demolished to make way for new road.

Described on the first survey card in 1969 as:

'Mid C.18 house of 3 tenaments. 2 storey with attics. Hipped slated roofs. Harled granite rubble with brick eaves cornice. D/H windows with g. b. Semi-octagonal 2-storey entrance porch with semi-circular headed windows. Entrances have semi-eliptical or segmental arched fanlights & sidelights (leaded g.b.). Well detailed interior to No 9. In early C.19 W & E Wings were sealed off to form nos 8 & 10, extension built to rear & porch added. 40' frontage.'

Historical information

See Archaeological Survey Co Down, p425 (and fig.281, and plates 143, 201 and 205) for further details.

Secondary Source

1. (Ref Survey 1 card) Ulster Tatler of Oct 1970 dates Basin House as 1770, and oldest dwelling in Newry.

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Demolished

Nearby in the register

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

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