Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Ellen Vale
Damolly, Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- House
- Date of construction
- 1800 - 1819
- Address
- Ellen Vale, 88 Upper Damolly Road, Newry, Co Down, BT34 1QW
- Townland
- Damolly
- Council
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.19800, -6.31843
- Date of survey
- 17 March 1998
- HB reference
- HB16/26/032
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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
One and a half storey/ three bay house in mature garden, facing south on north side of Upper Damolly Road
Pitched artificial slate roof with wet dashed chimney to each gable. Overhanging eaves have modern timber bargeboards and eaves fascia. Half-round plastic gutters. All walls are cement dashed with smooth base course.
Porch projects from middle bay of facade elevation. It has a pitched natural slate roof which ties into main roof. Door on right cheek of porch is modern. All windows to façade are 6/6 top-hung plastic, with granite cills. There is one to ground floor and one to first floor of porch gable, and two identical windows to each side bay at ground floor.
Right and left gables have two large modern plastic casement windows at upper floor level.
Rear elevation has two windows as façade to left bay. Plastic door and plastic tripartite window to right bay. At first floor, over door, is a semicircular-headed plastic window. To its right is a small plastic casement window.
Setting
The house sits within a mature planting of lawns, trees and shrubs, all enclosed by a modern wet-dashed wall.
Historical information
Depicted on 1834 OS map. Noted in 1836 Valuation Book as ‘Ellen Vale’, then occupied by David Hennon, and measuring 52’6” x 21’ x 11’6”.
Primary Sources:
1. OS 6" map, 1st edition (1834) Co Down sheet 46 (PRONI OS 6/3/46/1)
2. Valuation revision books, 1866-1930, PRONI VAL 1B/ 389., p.280.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
One and a half storey/ three bay house. This building retains no original features of interest
Nearby in the register
- Rose CottageDemolishedunder 1 mi
- House 160m south of jumction with Upper Damolly RoadHouseunder 1 mi
- Annvale HouseDemolishedunder 1 mi
- Crown Bridge NewBridgeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.