Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB16/10/001

Address :
The Sham Castle Greenwood Park Warrenpoint Road Newry Co Down BT34 2PF

Townland:
Greenan

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Survey 2:
B2

Date of Listing:
11/11/1981 00:00:00

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
House

Former Use
Folly

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:

Derelict:

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OS Map No:
266/15

IG Ref:
J1015 2336

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

Architects

Historical Information

This castle stood in the demesne of Greenwood Park, a short distance SE of the main house which was demolished before WW2. It is shown on the 1834 OS 6” map. The estate belonged to Major Ross Thompson in the early 1800s and it was probably the Thompson family who erected this folly. It is described in an 1846 travelogue as “a picturesque quadrangular tower, completely shrouded with ivy, and surmounted by battlements, on which a few guns are mounted. … Although the building has an ancient air about it, it is comparatively modern and has no historical associations – nothing save the simple, yet abundant interest of its own beauty to recommend it”. A gardener’s cottage (HB16/10/030) survives in the former demesne, as does a gate lodge (HB16/10/025) and the main gate screen (HB16/10/024). Primary Sources: 1. Bradshaw’s Newry Directory (1819). 2. PRONI OS maps 1st edition (1834), Co Down sheet 50. 3. PRONI 1st Valuation book (c.1835), VAL 1B/389. 4. Information from owner in 1999. Secondary sources: 1. P. Byrne, ‘Handbook to Carlingford Bay’ (Newry, 1846), p.69.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Historic Interest

Evaluation

General Comments

Date of Survey