Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB16/07/019 B

Address :
Kennels at Leitrim Lodge 121 Leitrim Rd Hilltown Newry Co Down BT34 5XS

Townland:
Leitrim

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Survey 2:
B2

Date of Listing:
13/03/2002 00:00:00

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Kennels

Former Use
Kennels

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
267/8

IG Ref:
J2236 2584

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

These kennels are part of a complex (see HB16/07/019A) on the west side of the road, which comprises four components as viewed from the road: (1) single storey / three bay vernacular farmhouse at north, (2) single storey / three bay later hunting lodge with canted gable at south, (3) outbuildings at north, and (4) dog kennels at rear of farmhouse. Dog kennels These are located to west of outbuildings, at NW side of complex. Cruciform pitched natural slate roof (with W-E ridge longer than N-S one) with decorative clay ridge tiles and plain painted timber bargeboards. Granite rubble walls are whitewashed. Entrance is on S elevation, which is divided at front into two pens. In central gable are two metal-sheeted doors with Gothic heads, each leading into a pen. The left (W) gable has a small fixed four-paned window to centre. The rear (N) wall has two small shuttered ventilation openings in its central gable (one to each pen). Right (E) gable is as left. Pens are enclosed by a dwarf wall with pitched copings and tall thin wrought iron railings with matching gates on the S side.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

The farmhouse is not shown on the 1834 OS 6” map. It first appears on the 1859 edition and is described in the c.1861 valuation has belonging to Owen Fitzpatrick. The hunting lodge is first shown on the 1901 map. It is described in the 1901 valuation as a shooting lodge belonging to the Trustees of Robert Batt. This entry also notes the house as “improved”, suggesting that this addition was made around then. The dog kennels undoubtedly date from c.1900 as well. Primary Sources 1. 2nd edition OS 6" map sheet 48, 1859 2. Second valuation book, c.1861 (PRONI: VAL 2B/3/49C, p.27, no. 37).

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

A. Style B. Proportion C. Ornamentation D. Plan Form E. Spatial Organisation

Historic Interest

X. Local Interest Z. Rarity

Evaluation

These kennels are an unusual building form and their unaltered state is rare survival.

General Comments

Date of Survey

24 February 1999