Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB16/12/005 B

Address :
Garden Shelter St Joseph's Home Seaview Warrenpoint Newry Co Down BT34 3NQ

Townland:
Ringmackilroy

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Garden Features

Former Use
Garden Features

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
277/9 SE

IG Ref:
J1443 1793

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Owner Category

Church - RC

Exterior Description And Setting

Single storey/ single bay garden shelter in grounds of St. Joseph’s Home, Seaview. Pitched felted roof with overhanging eaves and gables. The left and right gables have ‘A’ framed timber bargeboards with decorative drop finials and curved braces. A similar central front gable has a plain modern bargeboard. Front walls are t+g sheeted over a concrete base. The portion below cill level is horizontal sheeted and the upper part (above cill level) is vertically sheeted. To centre of front elevation, three moulded concrete steps rise to a doorway. It is framed by timber posts with chamfered bases and moulded capitals. From the capitals small arched braces support the lintel over. Door is wide and slides internally. Its bottom panel is clad in painted plywood sheeting and it has two top margined panes. Two pairs of windows to either side of the door. All are margin paned 1/1 fixed lights with a timber mullion separating each window of each pair. Left and right gables each have a pair of similar windows. Rear elevation is blank.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

It is presumed that this structure was erected by the Great Northern Railway Company when they owned the adjacent St Joseph’s home (HB16/12/005A). The GNRC sold the property in the late 1920s. Primary sources 1. Valuation revision book (PRONI: VAL 12B/22/23C, p.208; /23E, p.210). 2. ‘Great Northern Hotel, Warrenpoint’, Reliable Series Postcard c1900. Secondary sources 1. ‘Industries of Ireland, part 1: Belfast and the towns of the north’ (Belfast, 1891). 2. Warrenpoint Historical Group magazine, vol.16, autumn 1990.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

This small attractive shelter serves the garden of the former GNRC hotel. Timber framed, it is little altered with margin paned windows and glazed sliding door. However, it is not of special architectural or historic interest.

General Comments

Date of Survey

01 November 1999