34 Trassey Road

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Small, one and a half storey, gabled vernacular cottage with some recently added half dormer windows to rear. The property is located at the end of a farm track, near the end of a long lane (which rises up Clonachullion Hill), to the S of the Trassey Road, c.4 miles W of Newcastle.

The W front is in two sections and is asymmetrical. To the left of centre is a small lean-to porch. To the left of the porch is a small 2 over 2 sash window. To the right of the porch is a similar window which is slightly smaller and set a little higher (the building is on a slight slope). To the right is a small section with a lower ridge line. This may have been an out house but is now incorporated into the dwelling. It has a sash window, as before.

The N gable has a small sash window, with out astragals, to the right of the gable apex.

The S gable (which is single storey) has a timber sheeted door to right.

The E façade has one modern two pane window to the far left.(within the lower section). To the right is a similar window to the left of the taller section. Directly above this is a recently inserted half dormer window, whose small gable is glazed and sits on a further two pane modern window. To the right side is a similar half dormer.

The external walls are harled with a black painted base course. The roof is finished in natural slate and each gable has a parapet. Metal rw goods.

The cottage sits in what was once a small farm yard but is now a garden, with four sets of (recently constructed) traditional circular gate pillars with wrought iron gates. To the S are some single storey outbuildings.

Historical information

A building is shown on this site on the OS maps of 1834 and 1859, which probably corresponds to the present dwelling. The 1863 lists the occupant as one Mary McClean, with the house itself rated at 15 shillings (below actual rateable value). The property appears to have been renovated in the late 1980s or 1990s, when the rear dormers were probably added.

References- Primary sources
1 PRONI OS/1/3/49 OS maps 1st ed. 1834, Co Down sheet 49
2 PRONI Second (Griffith’s) valuation records, Kilcoo (1863) [in print]
3 PRONI OS/6/3/49 OS maps 1st rev. 1859, Co Down sheet 49

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

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Criteria for listing: historic interest

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Evaluation

Small, one and a half storey, gabled vernacular cottage with some recently added half dormer windows to rear.