Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB18/13/078

Address :
41 Slievenaman Road Cross Newcastle Co Down BT33 0QD

Townland:
Cross

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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:
Yes

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
254/15

IG Ref:
J2955 3028

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

Single storey vernacular farm house of probable mid 19th century origin. The building is set on the N side of the Slievenaman Road, 5 miles W of Newcastle. The front façade faces roughly S and is asymmetrical. To the left of centre of this facade is a small lean-to porch. This has a doorway (with timber sheeted door) to front. To the left of the porch is a narrow window with modern frame. To the right is a similar window. Both gables are blank. To the rear are two boarded up windows to centre and right. The façade is largely harled. The gabled roof is covered in natural slate to front, corrugated asbestos to rear. Harled parapets. There is a rendered chimney stack to each gable. PVC rw goods to porch.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

There is a building shown on this site on the on the OS map of 1859 which in the second valuation of 1863 was in occupied by a John Depot, and possessed the paltry rateable value of 10 shillings. It is probable that this is the same dwelling we see today. References- Primary sources 1 PRONI OS/1/3/48 OS maps 1st ed. 1834, Co Down sheet 48 2 PRONI Second (Griffith’s) valuation records, Kilcoo (1863) [in print] 3 PRONI OS/6/3/48 OS maps 1st rev. 1859, Co Down sheet 48

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Single storey vernacular farm house, of probable mid 19th century origin, and now sporting modern window frames.

General Comments

Date of Survey

21 January 2000