Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB16/15/013

Address :
North of 1-4 Main Street Forkhill Newry Co Armagh BT35 9SQ

Townland:
Shean

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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:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
275/16

IG Ref:
J0132 1605

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

A much-altered symmetrical two-storey, three-bay house aligned NW-SE on the W side of Church Road. Pitched natural slate roof with tiled skews and a brick chimney to each gable. A timber eaves board supports ogee metal rainwater goods, with downpipe to left. Walls are wet-dashed with stucco stepped quoins. All windows are timber framed top-hung casements with cement cills (those to façade are painted). Principal elevation faces NE. All openings to façade are set in a narrow painted cement-rendered reveals. There is a modern panelled mahogany door to centre with narrow transom over. To left and right is a window. Aligned above ground floor openings are three windows. Left gable is abutted by a lower single-storey outbuilding (see later). Exposed section has a window to left. Rear elevation could not be accessed. Right gable is abutted by a single-storey, lean-to garage. Exposed section has a window set to right. The garage has a monopitched corrugated asbestos cement roof. The NE face has a large pair of t+g sheeted doors. To either side, projecting forward slightly are square-in-section stop-end chamfered gate piers with sweeping pyramidal coping. Each is painted cement-rendered with whitewashed recessed panel to centre. Other elevations were not inspected. Outbuilding: Outbuilding to left gable is L-plan. Roof is pitched, tarred and felted, with timber bargeboards to the NE gable, which projects beyond the front of the house. SE gable is raised to form a decorative arched parapet with a 1901 datestone at head. Walls are whitewashed, part wet-dashed, part cement-rendered over rubble stone. There are crude painted quoins to NE gable, which is blank. NW elevation has a 1x3 fixed pane timber window. SE elevation has two boarded window openings with cement cills. To NE elevation, set at left, is a large pair of t+g sheeted doors flanked by narrow timber pilasters (that to right is partly missing) supporting a full-length timber fascia. To right of doors is a large boarded window with no cill. SE gable has a narrow painted cement-rendered platband at eaves level and a 2/2 fixed pane window in a painted rendered reveal at left. Rear not inspected.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

Although a building is shown here on the 1835 OS map, nothing is shown on the 1907 edition. The present building would therefore appear to be an early 20th century rebuild. However the site’s evolutionary development could not be determined from the Valuation Books as the plot number on the Valuation maps is unspecific. Primary sources: 1. OS 6” map, 1st edition, Co Armagh sheet 31 (PRONI OS 6/2/31/1). 2. OS 6” map, 3rd edition, Co Armagh sheet 31 (PRONI OS 6/2/31/3).

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

A much-altered symmetrical two-storey, three-bay house set from street line with small garden to front. It has now lost most of its architectural and historic character.

General Comments

Date of Survey

24 July 2000