31 Slievenaman Road

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Small, single storey vernacular farm house of probable mid 19th century origin. The building is set on the NW side of the Slievenaman Road, 4 miles W of Newcastle.

The front façade faces roughly W and is asymmetrical. Slightly to the left of centre of this facade is a gabled porch. This has a doorway, with partly glazed door. To the left of the porch is a narrow window with modern frame. To the right is a similar window.

To the N gable are two very small upper level window with fixed light frames. To the S gable there is a large lean-to rubble-built shed with corrugated iron roof. To the rear the is a small lean-to to right. This has two small fixed light windows to rear and a timber sheeted door to N.

The façade is harled and white washed. The gabled roof is covered in a roughly hewn local natural slate and has a slight overhang with plain barges to N. There is a rendered chimney stack to each gable. No rw goods.

Historical information

There is a building shown on this site on the on the OS map of 1859 which in the second valuation of 1863 was in occupied by an Anne McKnight, and possessed the very low rateable value of £1. It is probable that this is the same dwelling we see today.

References- Primary sources
1 PRONI OS/1/3/48 OS maps 1st ed. 1834, Co Down sheet 48
2 PRONI Second (Griffith’s) valuation records, Kilcoo (1863) [in print]
3 PRONI OS/6/3/48 OS maps 1st rev. 1859, Co Down sheet 48

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

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Criteria for listing: historic interest

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Evaluation

Small, single storey vernacular farm house, of probable mid 19th century origin, with gabled porch to front and small lean-to to rear.