Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB16/13/030

Address :
33 Clontigora Hill Newry Co Armagh BT35 8RU

Townland:
Clontygora

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Survey 2:
B2

Date of Listing:
07/08/1992 00:00:00

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
House

Former Use
House

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
Yes

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
276/11

IG Ref:
J0936 1837

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

A symmetrical two storey, two bay vernacular house aligned E-W. It is set below road level directly on a bend on Clontigora Hill with rear elevation to road. The left bay is wider and contains the entrance porch. Pitched natural slate roof with tiled verges and a brick chimney to each gable. A timber eaves board supports half-round metal rainwater goods. Façade is whitewashed lime-rendered with contrasting base course. All other elevations are lined and rendered. Rear elevation has stepped quoins - for full height of left side, top half only on right side. Principal elevation faces N. To centre is a projecting porch with a flat tarred roof and modern glazed timber door. Right and left cheeks are blank. To either side of porch is a window. Aligned above, to first floor, are three equally spaced windows. All are 2/2 sliding sashes with horns, except that to ground floor left, which is a top-hung timber casement. All have painted granite cills. Left and right gables are blank. Rear elevation has a small 2/2 window to each floor of each bay, spaced to the gable sides of each bay. Outbuildings: House has three outbuildings, one to E and W side of front yard, and one to rear separated from house by road. All are lime-rendered rubble stone. 1. That to W has pitched corrugated metal roof. Yard-facing elevation has a large opening at centre, and a t+g sheeted door at right. Gables and rear elevations are blank. 2. That to E has a pitched natural slate roof. Yard-facing elevation has a plain timber door to left of centre and a t+g sheeted door at right. Left gable has two small ventilation openings. Rear elevation has two infilled windows. Right gable is blank. 3. That to rear has a pitched natural slate roof and a door to centre of each elevation. The left gable is blank. Right gable is abutted by a lower, similarly detailed lean-to with a door to E elevation. Setting: The site is enclosed from the road by a lime-rendered rubble stone wall and is accessed by a metal gate supported on cylindrical lime-rendered gate piers with tarred conical caps. To front of house is a path leading to a wooded garden, which is enclosed by a rubble stone wall with a small loop-headed wrought-iron gate to centre. A larger wrought-iron gate leads to rear of outbuilding at W.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

A building is shown here on the 1835 OS map, but it has no valuation. This suggests a one-storey house. The style of the present house suggests a mid 19th century date. Primary sources: 1. OS 6” map, Co Armagh, sheet 29, 1835 (PRONI – OS 6/2/29/1).

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

A. Style B. Proportion C. Ornamentation D. Plan Form I. Quality and survival of Interior J. Setting K. Group value

Historic Interest

X. Local Interest

Evaluation

A vernacular house with outbuildings pleasantly situated on a tight bend on Clontigora Hill. It retains its original plan and many interior features and is a good example of an this type of country dwelling.

General Comments

Date of Survey

16 June 2000