Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Site of former farmhouse
Magheracranmoney, Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Demolished
- Date of construction
- 1820 - 1839
- Address
- Site of former farmhouse, at 69 Belfast Road, Magheracranmoney, Downpatrick, Co Down, BT30 9AY
- Townland
- Magheracranmoney
- Council
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.36109, -5.73676
- Date of survey
- 22 May 2000
- HB reference
- HB18/04/013
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1794 "Sheet 55. (Cary's England, Wales, and Scotland)." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
Site, on a sight rise to the E of the Belfast Road, c.2.5 miles NW of Downpatrick, of a two storey farmhouse of probable pre 1834 construction, demolished in 1990 with new dwelling house now on site.
The original building was described in the first survey of August 1978 as ‘Traditional farm dwelling. Slated gabled roof, raised verges, yellow brick chimneys. Smooth rendered lined, stepped quoins, plinth. Drop hung sashes [on] first floor and ground floor. Door, ground floor, panelled with plain fanlight. Label mouldings over all openings’.
Historical information
The house formerly on this site was probably that shown on the OS map of 1834. The contemporary (c.1835) valuation records tell us that the property was newly built at that stage (the valuers graded it ‘A’) and belonged to a Mr Thomas Richey. It appears to have remained in the Richey family until the early 20th century. The house was demolished in 1990 and a new large dwelling built in its place.
References- Primary sources
1 PRONI OS/6/3/30/1 OS map, 1834, Down 30
2 PRONI VAL/1B/372 1st valuation, Inch, c.1835-38
3 PRONI OS/6/3/30/2 OS map, 1860, Down 30
4 PRONI 2nd valuation (in print), Inch, 1863
5 PRONI OS/6/3/30/3 OS map, 1901, Down 30
6 PRONI OS/6/3/30/4 OS map, 1920, Down 30
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
Site of a two storey farmhouse of probable pre 1834 construction, demolished in 1990 with new dwelling house now on site.
Nearby in the register
- Inch LodgeHouseunder 1 mi
- Former schoolHouseunder 1 mi
- INCH PARISH CHURCHCHURCHunder 1 mi
- Gardener's bothy at Finnebrogue estateWalled Garden Structureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.