Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB16/28/054 B

Address :
Vault at St. Clare’s Convent High Street Newry Co Down BT34 1HB

Townland:
Ballinacraig

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Mausoleum

Former Use
Mausoleum

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
266/7 SW

IG Ref:
J0891 2628

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Owner Category

Church - RC

Exterior Description And Setting

Part of an extensive complex which also comprises a convent and chapel (HB16/28/054A), oratory (HB16/28/054C), school (HB16/28/054D), laundry (HB16/28/054E) and wells (HB16/28/054F). This vault is set towards the bottom of a west-facing slope in the grounds overlooking the convent. A tarmac path leads up to a brick-headed opening to the interior; door removed. This opening, which has a small infilled and rendered opening over, is set in a random rubble wall surmounted by a concrete cross. The remaining walls have been covered with earth and grassed over, save for a circular roof vent. This vault was superseded by conventional inhumations on the adjoining hillside. Each burial plot has a cast-iron or cast-aluminium plaque set into concrete and noting the person’s name and date of death. They range from 1896 to the present day.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

This burial vault dates to the convent’s establishment in the 1830s. Primary sources: 1. Dates of burials inside vault.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

This vault is intact both inside and out and is significant, within the convent.

General Comments

Date of Survey

18 April 2000