St Mary’s Parish Hall

Carneyhough, Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland

The record

Designation: Record only (not listed)
Grade: Record Only
Type: Demolished
Date of listing: 5 December 1977
Date of delisting: 3 December 2004
Date of construction: 1840 - 1859
Address: St Mary’s Parish Hall, Downshire Road, Newry, Co Down, BT34 1DX
Townland: Carneyhough
Council: Newry, Mourne and Down
Country: Northern Ireland
Coordinates: 54.17922, -6.33456
Date of survey: 16 March 1998
HB reference: HB16/26/011

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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1838 "Ireland, north sheet." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Site now within curtilage of court house.

Described on First Survey card of 1969:

'c.1850. A 2 storey building with slated hipped roof and rendered walls. Both architectural style and detailing are poor.'

Note from HB file dated 1977 describes the building as;

'Two storey, three bay stucco house with hipped slated roof above bracketed eaves. The entrance is Tudor-arched, windows are square-headed with Georgian-glazing at first floor. Cornice hoods on console brackets surmount all opes. Erected about 1850.'

Historical information

Not cited in 1838 Valuation map. Described in 1863 Valuation as Newry Orange Hall.

Demolished early 1990's to make way for extension to Newry Courthouse (HB16/26/001).

Primary Sources:

1. Valuation revision books, 1866-1930, PRONI VAL 1D/3/8A;
2. Valuation revision books, 1866-1930, PRONI VAL 2B/3/69G, p.69;
3. Valuation revision books, 1866-1930, PRONI VAL 12E/125/1/8.

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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