Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB16/03/031

Address :
Former Boat House at The Harbour Kilkeel Newry Co Down BT34 4AH BT34 4BH

Townland:
Magheramurphy

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Store

Former Use
Boat house

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
Yes

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
284/8 NE

IG Ref:
J3152 1405

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Owner Category

Public Body

Exterior Description And Setting

A one-storey/ single-bay building at the south-east corner of the inner harbour. Pitched natural slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles. Half-round plastic gutters affixed to painted timber eaves boards. Walls of roughly squared granite rubble brought to courses and strap pointed. Stepped quoins, and dressings to openings are of finely-dressed granite. Principal gable faces east to slipway on opposite side of road which passes in front of building. At centre of this elevation is a large painted t+g double-leaf door set in a segmental-headed opening; it has a wicket gate in its right-hand leaf. A flagpole is affixed to the right side of the gable. The left elevation is blank except for a segmental-headed painted timber fixed-pane window at centre; stooled cill. There is a small ventilator in the wall underneath. Plastic downpipe at front (right) end. The rear gable is blank. The right elevation is as left. In addition, there is, at extreme right, a small flight of concrete steps up to adjacent oil storage tanks. The slipway is of mass concrete and is revetted along its north side by metal pile sheeting.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

Erected c.1904 as a boathouse in connection with nearby Coastguard station (HB16/03/008). It was acquired by the RNLI in June 1986 and used to house their newly acquired D-class lifeboat. When a new, larger, boat was acquired in December 1992, a new lifeboat station was built on the opposite side of the harbour. This building was henceforth used as a souvenir and fund-raising shop. Primary sources: 1. PRONI - VAL 12B/19/14D, (1904 valuation) p.144. 2. Secretary RNLI, Kilkeel.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

A modestly scaled, yet well executed, building functionally associated with the nearby listed coastguard station. Reflects changing role of coastguard from prevention of smuggling to sea rescue, a particularly important role in this fishing community.

General Comments

Date of Survey

31 August 1998