Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB16/30/017 A

Address :
31 Kilmorey Street Newry Co Down BT34 2DF

Townland:
Ballynacraig

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Survey 2:
B2

Date of Listing:
01/10/1987 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:
266/7SW

IG Ref:
J0865 2591

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

Right one of a pair of mirror image, three-storey/ two-bay houses directly fronting west side of street. Gabled natural slate roof with cement-rendered chimney at left (shared with no.33). Ogee cast-iron gutters, with plastic down pipe at left. Elevation to street has cement lined and rendered walls over projecting base course. Moulded cill course to first floor. Moulded string courses across façade on first and second floors, forming a hood mould over the windows. Each first floor window head is embellished with shell motif. Also a moulded cornice across top. At ground floor right is a modern four-panel timber door (with brass furniture), over which is a replacement five-pane transom light. Rendered jambs with scrolled and foliated consoles at top supporting a projecting entablature. At left is a 2/2 (horizontally divided) sliding sash window, with moulded architrave (with decorative stucco keystone in head). At first and at second floors are two 2/2 (vertically divided) sliding sash windows. All the windows have exposed boxes and those at top are diminished in height. All the openings are in line except the door, which is offset to the right. Abutted by a lower building to right; exposed section of gable wall is cement rendered. Abutted by building to left. No access gained to rear.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

Shown on the 1835 OS map, and described in the 1835 valuation as of same value as no.33. The 1863 valuation describes it as being 2.25 storeys high. Increase in value from £15 to £22 in 1907 valuation revision suggests a rebuild or major refurbishment at, or shortly before, this date, resulting in the present three storey structure. Primary Sources: 1. OS 6" map, 3rd edition PRONI OS 9/15/1/3. 2. Valuation revision books, 1866-1930, PRONI VAL 1B/389, pp 42 3. Valuation revision books, 1866-1930, PRONI VAL 2B/22/14B, p.147. 4. Valuation revision books, 1866-1930, PRONI VAL 12B/22/17A, p.190.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

A. Style B. Proportion C. Ornamentation H-. Alterations detracting from building K. Group value

Historic Interest

X. Local Interest

Evaluation

Right one of a pair of mirror image, three-storey/ two-bay houses. This house is an example of an earlier building 'modernised' in the latest fashion to the appearance of a late Victorian house with attractive render detailing and has group value in being one of an identical pair.

General Comments

Date of Survey

15 August 1997