Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB16/05/060 A

Address :
West Estate Workers’ House Mourne Park Demesne Newry Road Kilkeel Newry Co Down BT34

Townland:
Ballyrogan or Mourne Park

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Survey 2:
B2

Date of Listing:
22/07/2003 00:00:00

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:
278/15 + 284/3

IG Ref:
J2795 1600

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Owner Category

Commercial

Exterior Description And Setting

Left-hand house of a pair of picturesque symmetrical one-and-a-half storey/ two-bay estate houses set to north of a large walled garden (HB16/05/068) within Mourne Park demesne. Gabled natural slate roof with plain projecting bargeboards and eaves. A coped brick chimney on the party wall serves both properties and there is also a chimney to each gable. Half round cast iron and plastic rainwater goods. Walls are squared and coursed granite rubble brought to courses and openings are dressed in brick. All windows have finely dressed granite cills. Main façade faces south west. Main entrance door at ground floor left. Door is sheeted and painted. It is sheltered by a slated gabled hood supported on timber brackets. To its left is a six paned casement window and to its right is a 6/6 sliding sash window with horns. Directly above the latter is a smaller 6/6 sliding sash window in a dormer rising from eaves. Façade of right-hand house is the mirror image. Left gable is blank and abutted by a single storey lean-to with a lean-to natural slate roof and random rubble granite walls. Its west-facing wall has a small window, now infilled. Both its cheeks are blank. At rear ground floor, a large 6/6 sliding sash window at right and a sheeted back door at left. To left of door is a small six-pane casement window. To first floor right, above the ground floor window, is 6/6 sash window in a dormer rising from eaves. At front is an original cobbled path with a dressed granite edging. Immediately opposite is the large walled garden.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

Houses shown on 1834 OS 6” map. Sources: 1. PRONI – OS 6/3/55/1 (1834 OS map) (Down sheet 55).

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

A. Style B. Proportion C. Ornamentation D. Plan Form I. Quality and survival of Interior J. Setting K. Group value

Historic Interest

X. Local Interest

Evaluation

An attractive and largely original pair of early 19th century workers' houses, an integral part of the demesne.

General Comments

Date of Survey

14 October 1998