Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB16/04/017

Address :
Moore Lodge 74 Greencastle Road Kilkeel Newry Co Down BT34 4JL

Townland:
Derryoge

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Survey 2:
B2

Date of Listing:
14/08/1981 00:00:00

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:
284/7

IG Ref:
J2948 1309

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

One and a half storey three bay house south-east facing on the west side of Greencastle Road. Pitched natural slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles and concrete skews. Two concrete coped chimneys with octagonal pots, one on either side of central bay. Return roof is pitched and ties into main roof, and is hipped to gable. It is natural slated, and has a large cement rendered chimney at hip. Semicircular metal rainwater goods. All walls are wet dashed and unpainted with a deep smooth cement basecourse and projecting corbelled eaves. Abutting the central bay of the main façade is a modern gabled porch, with pitched natural slate roof. Its walls are as façade and its left cheek contains a six panelled painted timber door. Front gable of porch has a small 6/6 sliding sash window with horns. Right cheek is blank. Left and right bays on main block each have a large 6/6 sliding sash window. All windows are modern replica sliding sashes with exposed boxes, granite cills and smooth rendered architraves and reveals. Right gable of main block has a 6/6 sliding sash window at first floor the rest of the wall is blank. Left gable has a modern advanced canted bay window (5 cheeks) to ground floor with multi-glazed timber windows, concrete cills resting on dashed walling. Flat leaded roof. To first floor gable is a 6/6 sliding sash window. Wall continues to left as right cheek of return (see later). The rear elevation is abutted to right by a two-storey return (see later), and to left by a two-storey annex (see later). Remaining wall between, at ground floor right has a 4x2 paned fixed window. There are two windows to first floor, left is a 2/2 sliding sash and right is a 6/6 sliding sash (in line with ground floor window). Right cheek of return, at ground floor, right of centre, has a modern t+g door with a nine paned window inset. Centred on wall to left of door is a 2/2 sliding sash window, and to right is a narrow 1/1 window. To first floor, set to left of door below, is a 3/6 sliding sash window, and to right is a 2/4 sliding sash. A single storey shed abuts the left corner of this elevation. Rear elevation to return has two small 3/3 sashes at ground floor (right one has a higher head) and at first floor centre is a small 2/2 sliding sash. This elevation is abutted to its right corner by a small outbuilding (see later). Left cheek of return (facing into rear yard) is abutted to right end by a one storey gabled porch. Porch has a pitched natural slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles. Its left cheek has a modern six panel bolection painted timber door, its front gable has a 2/2 sliding sash window; and its right cheek is blank. On ground floor, to left of porch are two sash windows. That to left is 3/6, that to right is a taller 6/6. Three sash windows to first floor: that to furthest left is a small 1/1 at join with main block, central window is a 3/6 sash (directly above ground floor 6/6 window): and window to right (over porch) is 3/6. Annex (abutting main block at rear left) has a pitched natural slate roof, hipped where abutting main block and gabled to north end, with a smooth rendered chimney (with octagonal pots) to gable end. Annex walls as main block and aligned parallel with main block. Front elevation of annex (SE facing) has two small sliding sash windows at ground floor. Left is an 8/8, the right one is a narrower 4/2. Centred at first floor is a large 6/6 sliding sash. Gable end of annex is blank, and abutted by a lower coach house (see later). Rear elevation of annex has a 2/4 sliding sash window to ground floor left (formerly a door) and a 6/6 sliding sash to first floor centre. The hipped gable has a painted t+g door at ground floor left, and to extreme right, at join with main block, is a 2/2 sliding sash window. At first floor directly above is a 6/6 sliding sash window. Coach house abutting annex has a monopitched natural slate roof (into yard) and blank dashed walls with rounded corner to front of house. Its rear wall has a pair of t+g sheeted top sliding doors into rear yard. Outbuilding abutting rear right return is single storey. It has a pitched natural slate roof. SW (rear) wall and NW gable are rubble stone with an ochre coloured lime wash. Its front wall (into yard) is dashed as house, has a door to left and a two paned window to right. SE gable is dashed as house. To rear are a barn and a two storey animal house with loft over; a third range of out buildings has been demolished. Barn is to rear of yard, with its front gable facing SE. Pitched natural slate roof, hipped to rear with a modern skylight on left pitch. Ochre washed rubble stone walls. Modern glazed plywood door on front gable with a 1/1 top hung fixed window in gable over. Right wall has a fixed six pane window formerly a doorway. Left wall is much altered with modern window to left end and doorway to right. Animal house is to right of barn and has a pitched natural slate roof and chimney on right gable. Walls are rubble stone. Its front wall is SW facing and has a flight of stone stairs to first floor door at right. At ground floor are a number of modern doors and windows and there are similar openings to first floor. Its rear gable has a sheeted door at first floor. Its rear wall and right gable are blank. To rear of these outbuildings is a flat-iron field gate with ‘MOORE’ etched on right end of its top horizontal bar. Cement coped random rubble wall to road with ornate cast iron pedestrian gate c1900, at right. Left end of wall has a pair of similarly ornate carriage gates hung on stout octagonal rendered piers with conical caps and wrought iron finials (WB Greer Belfast). Setting Front garden consists of a large lawn with gravel driveway running up its SW edge to the house, and outside of house at NE (into yard and meeting side lane). Side lane on main road to NE of complex has a pair of traditional flat iron gates on granite posts and an outbuilding on its northern side. This structure has a pitched natural slate roof and cast in-situ concrete walls with integral buttresses. Its front gable (SE facing) is lined cement render and has a large pair of doors. Over, inserted in cement, is date ‘1913’. Infilled window on NE, otherwise wall blank.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

Moore Lodge takes its name from the Moore family which has a long association with the Kilmorey Estate as freeholders. The family apparently lived at Mourne Park in the late 1700s. When the Kilmoreys took up residence in the early 1800s, the Moores were given Moore Lodge. However, the building may be very much older as attested by what seem to be gun loops. John Moore, seneschal is recorded as resident here in Bradshaw’s 1819 directory. He was apparently employed as estate manager of Mourne Park. The house and two storey return are shown on the 1834 map and valuation. The house is then described as measuring 39ft x 20ft x 14ft 6in, with a 31ft x 18ft x 15ft return. These correspond with the front block and two storey return. The 1863 valuation also noted John Moore as occupant. Measurements broadly similar to above, but with addition of a second return measuring 15ft x 16ft 6in and one storey high. 1873 valuation notes “new back wing and new office” (the annex?). Nicholson family first noted in 1896 valuation. The mature trees around the house were used as a sight line by local seamen in the 19th century to guide themselves safely into Derryoge Harbour. The house underwent major repair works in 1994 under the supervision of Dennis Piggot (Architect). During this time a 19th century canted porch was removed from the left gable of the main block, all walls were stripped of their original ochre coloured lime render and the interior was stripped of most of its original fabric. During these works the gun loops were uncovered in the rear wall at ground floor, and earlier openings were uncovered on the façade. These included a granite dressed coach arch on the left bay. On the centre bay at ground floor was a window and on the right bay was a door with a window on its right. At first floor, just below eaves on central and right bays are small window openings. Primary Sources: 1. Photographic record before and during recent refurbishment held by the current occupant (1998) 2. T. Bradshaw, ‘General Directory of Newry, Armagh etc.‘ (Newry 1820), p.49. 3. PRONI - VAL 1B/ 390A, p.158 (1834 valuation). 4. OS 6" map, 1st edition (1834) Co Down sheet 57 (PRONI OS6/3/57/1) 5. PRONI- VAL 2B/3/81B, p.70 (1863 valuation). 6. PRONI- VAL 12B/19/18A, p.61 (1873 valuation). 7. PRONI - VAL 12B/19/18D, p.83 (1895 valuation). Secondary Sources: 1. Notes on Mourne Park in Historic Monuments Record of N. Ireland, 5-33 Hill Street, Belfast BT1 2LA.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

A. Style C. Ornamentation H-. Alterations detracting from building J. Setting

Historic Interest

X. Local Interest

Evaluation

This attractive building is of interest due to its age and historic associations with the Kilmorey Estates. In addition it retains many of its special features and has an attractive setting.

General Comments

Date of Survey

17 November 1998