Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Old Brewery
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- No type recorded
- Address
- Old Brewery, 25 Castlewellan Road, BANBRIDGE, Co Down, BT32 4AX
- Council
- Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.34627, -6.26443
- Date of survey
- 02 December 2011
- HB reference
- HB17/07/036
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 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
A three-storey former nineteenth century brewery of rubble stone with brick dressed openings, located on Castlewellan Road, Banbridge. The building has been demolished to make way for a supermarket.
The First Survey card records:
‘‘1840. 3 storey. Slated roof. Blackstone walls with brick dressings, 2 pediments (central has brick lozenge inset) to main façade. Dressed quoins to angles. 30' wide buildings are set around 3 sides of courtyard 153 x 117' incorporates a dwelling house. Poor condition.
Built by Johnstons of Lurgan as a brewery, converted to bleach works by Malcomsons, successively used as military depot, shoe factory, & at present for poultry. S. side now demolished.
In Banbridge Town. Dr. Crowe
Industrial Archaeology of Co Down. E.R.R. Green.
Date of visit: 15th September 1969 ‘
Historical information
N/A
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
A three-storey former nineteenth century brewery of rubble stone with brick dressed openings, located on Castlewellan Road, Banbridge. The building has been demolished to make way for a supermarket.
General comments
Partial Survey Only
Nearby in the register
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- 32 Castlewellan RoadHouseunder 1 mi
- Belmount Weaving FactoryNo type recordedunder 1 mi
- Belmont HotelHOTELunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.