Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB16/07/008

Address :
36 Main St Hilltown Newry Co Down BT34 5UJ

Townland:
Carcullion

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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:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
253/16

IG Ref:
J2122 2896

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

Two storey / three bay house and former shop on hill to north side of Main street. Pitched natural slate roof with clay ridges and modern box section gutters on modern timber eaves with downpipes to right side of facade. Two concrete coped, cement rendered chimneys. The first is between the left and central bays and second is on the right gable. Walls are modern smooth cement rendered, painted with recessed basecourse. Ground floor left bay is a coachway, central bay is house and right is shop. All windows are 1/1 uPVC double-glazed units with thin concrete cills. At left is a semi-elliptical headed coachway with sheeted timber door (incl. wicket). Central bay has a window to left and modern multi-panelled door to right. Shop window on right bay is two paned with transom over each one. To its right three steps lead up to a sheeted timber door with glazed transom. There are five first floor windows. The left over coachway has a higher cill; there are two to each of the other bays. Left gable abuts adjacent property. Right gable is lined cement rendered and blank. Rear elevation not inspected.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

Shown on 1834 valuation map. Described as house in c.1861 valuation book. The first HMBB survey card states, “c1800 A terrace of two storey buildings with lined rendered walls and slated roofs. Five D/H (double hung) windows to F/F are fitted with plain sashes. There is a three light shop window to G/F and a D/H window with plain sashes. Two entrances have plain fanlights over doors. Five windows wide.” Primary Sources: 1. First valuation map, 1834. (PRONI: VAL 1D/3/10). 2. Second valuation map, c.1859 (PRONI: VAL 2D/3/16). 3. Second valuation book, c.1861 (PRONI: VAL 2B/3/49C, p.27, no. 37). 4. HMBB first survey card dated 23/11/1972.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

This building no longer retains any features of historic or architectural interest.

General Comments

Date of Survey

11 February 1999