Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB16/03/040

Address :
Telephone kiosk at The Harbour Kilkeel Newry Co Down BT34 4AU

Townland:
Magheramurphy

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Telephone Kiosk

Former Use
Telephone Kiosk

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
Yes

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OS Map No:
284/8 NE

IG Ref:
J3157 1402

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Owner Category

Public Body

Exterior Description And Setting

A simple concrete telephone kiosk at the east end of the outer south quay (opposite the repair slipway), against the north face of the quay wall. Measures 1.5m square in plan, and 2.4m high. Flat concrete roof and rendered cement walls. Door to west face and small square windows to north and east faces. Neither door nor windows survive. South wall blank. Over the north and west openings in raised capitals is the word ‘Telephone’.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

Shown on 1949 OS map, and probably of post-war date. Although installed as a public phone, it was mainly used by fish buyers at the quayside fish auctions. Long since disused. Primary sources: 1. Mr F.M. Chambers, Kilkeel Harbour. 2. PRONI – OS 10/3/56/13/2.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Of interest on account of its scarcity value rather than architectural or historical merit.

General Comments

Date of Survey

31 August 1998