Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB16/30/036

Address :
Chimney at Amenity site Chapel Road Newry Co Down

Townland:
Ballynacraig

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Rural Industry

Former Use
Rural Industry

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
Yes

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
266/11NE

IG Ref:
J0976 2490

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Owner Category

Exterior Description And Setting

Tapered brick chimney of square cross-section standing to full height in what is now a Newry & Mourne D.C. waste disposal site. Elongated semicircular inset panels on all four sides. Corbelled at top and coped with granite blocks; the corbelling is pierced with pairs of blind semicircular-headed niches. Infilled semicircular opening at base on road-facing wall (to create draught), and infilled opening from former boiler flue on opposite wall, one-quarter way up from base. Yellow brick used in arch heads and in the stringing around chimney at same level. The structure was consolidated by NMDC when amenity site established.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

Not shown on 1858 OS 6” map. Depicted on 1903 map, indicating a later 19th century erection date. This map shows a large rectangular building adjoining, presumably related to Moor Quarry (HB 16/30/037), in the grounds of which it stands. The 1939 map shows this building in outline only, suggesting that it was defunct by that date (as would have been the chimney). The Irish Builder of 1876 notes the installation of steam-driven polishing equipment in this year by Messrs Hugh Campbell & Son, the quarry’s owners at that time. An Aberdeen firm supplied the polishing equipment, but the engine and boiler were from the Soho Foundry, Newry. It is highly likely that the chimney was erected in connection with this installation. Primary Sources: 1. OS 6" map, 1st edition (1834) Co Down seet 50 (PRONI OS 6/3/50/1) 2. OS 6" ap 2nd edition (1858) Co Down sheet 50 (PRONI OS 6/3/50/2) 3. OS 6" ma 4th edition (1903) Co Down sheet 50 (PRONI OS 6/3/50/4) Secondary Sources: 1. Irish Builder, vol.18, p.86 (1 April 1876).

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Tapered brick chimney of square cross-section. A prominent landmark in the locality, but its absence of context and the fact that it is of relatively common design preclude listing.

General Comments

Date of Survey

29 August 1997