Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB16/05/010

Address :
8-10 Sandys Brae Tullyframe Road Attical Kilkeel Newry Co Down BT34 4RZ

Townland:
Ballymageogh

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
House

Former Use
House

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
Yes

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
278/10

IG Ref:
J2671 1913

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Owner Category

Private Private

Exterior Description And Setting

A pair of three-bay/ one-storey houses stepping downhill off Sandys Brae and aligned NE-SW. No 8 is to left, and No 10 to right. Both roofs are pitched corrugated iron and walls are lime rendered whitewashed random granite rubble with substantial areas of concrete blockwork around doors and windows. All windows have modern concrete cills. No 8 Concrete block chimney between first and second bay from left. No rainwater goods. The main entrance is in the middle bay and has a modern glazed and panelled stained timber door. All the original window openings have been enlarged and concrete cills inserted. Each bay has a modern painted timber casement window. The left gable is rendered and blank. The rear elevation has no openings and is rendered and painted. The right gable is abutted by no 10. No 10 Steps down from no 8 and is also stepped between middle and right bays. The roof has two chimneys - one between the left and middle bay, the other on the right gable; both are modern cement rendered. Right gable has concrete verge. The main entrance is within middle bay. The roof continues forward above the door to form a porch with rendered cheeks, with a modern glazed stained timber door set within. Each bay has a single painted timber top opening window (that to middle bay is left of door). The left gable is abutted by no 8 and the right gable is blank. The rear elevation has one painted top hung window to left bay.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

Range of buildings shown on 1834 OS 6” map. Not cited in first Valuation (as below £5 in valuation). Described as one storey in 1861 valuation. First HMBB survey card states, 'A small terrace of single storey whitened dwellings.' Primary sources: 1. PRONI – OS 6/3/55/1(1834 OS map) (Down sheet 55). 2. PRONI- VAL 1B/ 390A (1838 valuation). 3. PRONI- VAL 2B/3/81A, (1861 valuation) pp. 61-2. 4. HMBB First Survey Card dated 06/12/1972.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Substantially altered vernacular group of pre-1834 vernacular buildings with few remaining original features.

General Comments

Date of Survey

24 June 1998