Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB16/15/002 B

Address :
Outbuildings Hawthorn Hill Wood Road Killevy Co Armagh BT35 8DE

Townland:
Annahaia

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Survey 2:
B2

Date of Listing:
21/05/1991 00:00:00

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Farm Buildings

Former Use
Farm Buildings

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
276/5

IG Ref:
J0413 1963

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Owner Category

Commercial

Exterior Description And Setting

An early 19thC rectangular courtyard enclosed to all sides by former stables and related farm buildings, now all refurbished as offices, apartments, conference centre and restaurant/service block by Forest Service. All buildings are constructed in coursed granite rubble with natural slate roofs. Courtyard is entered at the SE corner through a large elliptical headed arch set within a high rubble stone wall. Archway advances slightly from wall and is constructed in granite ashlar with voussoirs, projecting spring stones and keystone; with stone coping. Plainly detailed cast-iron gates. Courtyard is finished with brick pavers, decorative planting beds and gravel. On entry to courtyard, to left and continuing in a clockwise direction there are the following buildings - an apartment block to S, office block and shops to W, conference centre to N and restaurant/service block to E. (1) Apartment block to S A two-storey/ three-bay former coach house aligned W-E to S of courtyard. It has a central projecting bay to N elevation flanked by a lean-to single-storey wing to each side. Hipped roof which cat-slides over projecting bay. It contains seven large modern skylight windows to N pitch and six to S pitch. The single-storey wings have monopitched roofs. Half-round metal rainwater goods. Principal N elevation (yard-facing). All exposed faces are blank with the exception of the projecting central bay. To ground floor centre is a large glazed entrance door in a segmental arched opening. To either side each floor has an equally aligned segmental-headed opening with voussoirs and concrete cills. Those to ground floor have a quarry glazed timber lattice window with narrow mullion to centre - those to first floor are slightly diminished in height and infilled with rubble stone. Each wing has a rectangular fixed-pane lattice window to extreme end. Left (E) gable is blank. Rear (S) elevation has a slightly advanced central bay, containing a large central semi-elliptical-headed opening with voussoirs; it is infilled with t+g sheeting with two fixed-pane windows. Above is an infilled window opening with granite cill. Left and right bays are mirror-image; each has a infilled door opening (t+g sheeted with fixed window) and a fixed-pane lattice window to each floor - that to ground floor has a narrow central timber transom and granite cill; that to first floor has a concrete cill. Right (W) gable is rendered with a modern t+g sheeted door to centre. (2) Office block to W. Single-storey former stable block. Aligned N-S; principal (E) yard elevation has a two-storey central bay which has a half-hipped roof, ridge tiles and a tall brick chimney to right side. The flanking single-storey wings have monopitched roofs each with five skylights. Central bay has a modern timber sheeted door with narrow transom and granite lintel. Above is a timber fixed-pane window with granite cill and lintel. Exposed left and right cheeks each have a lattice window to front end. Left wing has a large segmental-headed opening to left gable. On its E elevation are three door openings. Right wing has five openings; that to left is a modern timber sheeted door with granite lintel. All others are semi-elliptical headed openings with glazed doors. Rear (W) is blank and forms a low boundary wall to the gardens behind. The central bay is exposed at first floor level and contains a central modern timber door. To its immediate right is an infilled door opening with large granite lintel. Right (N) gable is blank and is abutted by modern steps leading to elevated orchard to rear. Affixed to the wall is a modern metal handrail. (3) Conference centre to N. Two-storey block aligned E-W with half-hipped roof with brick eaves course and brick dressed openings. Principal (S) yard elevation has a large segmental-headed glazed doorway set to left of centre; to its right are two equally spaced segmental-head windows with granite cills – all lattice framed. Aligned above to first floor are four small window openings containing a pair of lattice windows with a central 1x4 panel. There are ghost marks of a former lean-to abutting the left-end, as the W block has been truncated to accommodate stairs. Left (W) gable is blank and abutted by a modern glazed walkway which wraps itself along the rear elevation. Rear (N) elevation has six door openings all now opening onto the modern glazed walkway. The exposed left-end has a door with modern fire-escape stairs attached. Right (E) gable has a segmental-headed window opening with granite cill to each floor- both metal-framed lattice windows. Gable apex has a small modern fixed-pane window. (4) Restaurant/ service block to E. Single-storey block aligned roughly N-S curving slightly to the S. Monopitched roof with pairs of modern skylights to right-end. Principal W elevation (yard-facing) has a number of openings, from left they are as follows:- a pair of glazed doors with t+g panel to left, six segmental headed openings - all glazed with the exception of that to right-end which, has a t+g sheeted door, and three flat-headed t+g sheeted doors to right-end those to centre are larger. Left (N) gable abuts the conference centre to N end of courtyard. Rear (E) elevation has a large pair of segmental-headed doors right of centre and an infilled doorway to extreme right-end. Right (S) has a doorway just left of centre. Setting Coach yard is set at the foot of Slieve Gullion with a walled garden to its NW and Hawthorn House (HB16/15/002A) to its S. It has two gate lodges; a much altered back lodge (HB16/15/003) to N, and a restored gate lodge (HB16/15/001) to E, opposite the entrance gates to the park.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

Associated with Hawthorn Hill, built c.1815 by Hunt Walsh. The eastern side of the courtyard assumed its present form between 1861 and 1907. Sold to Forestry Commission in 1968. The present buildings were developed to provide resources for the local community and tourists and opened to the public in 1995. The complex was taken over in 1999 by Clanrye Employment and Training Services, Newry. Primary sources: 1. OS 6” map, 2ndt edition, Co Armagh sheet 29 (PRONI OS 6/2/29/2). 2 OS 6” map, 3rdt edition, Co Armagh sheet 29 (PRONI OS 6/2/29/3). Secondary sources: 1. J A K Dean, ‘The Gate Lodges of Ulster’, p.38 (Belfast, 1994).

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

A. Style B. Proportion J. Setting K. Group value

Historic Interest

X. Local Interest

Evaluation

An early 19thC rectangular courtyard enclosed to all sides by former stables and related farm buildings. Set within the Slieve Gullion Forest Park, formerly the grounds of Hawthorn Hill. Although little internal fabric remains, the courtyard retains most of its external form, with the use of traditional building materials. Associated with main house (HB16/15/002A) and gate lodges (HB16/15/001 and HB16/45/003).

General Comments

Date of Survey

31 July 2000