Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB24/08/005

Address :
Corry burial vault Movilla Cemetery Old Movilla Road Newtownards Co Down BT23 2HH

Townland:
Movilla

---

Survey 2:
B1

Date of Listing:
20/12/1976 00:00:00

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Mausoleum

Former Use
Mausoleum

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

---

OS Map No:
131/16

IG Ref:
J5035 7441

---

Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

Large, prominent, tomb in the form of a miniature Greek (decorated) Doric temple. The ‘temple’ is constructed in Scrabo sandstone and is situated in the north of the present cemetery, near the ruins of Movilla Abbey. The pediments and eaves are decorated with acroteria and there is a carved wreath with date (1860) in the tympanum of each pediment. The stone work on the tympanum to the N elevation is damaged. The ceiling and upper inner walls act as carved ‘headstones’ relating to various members of the Corry family. Propped against columns on the ‘inner’ W side of the structure is a 1708 headstone of John Corry.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

This monument was erected by Robert Corry of Belfast in 1860 on the family burial ground. The most recent interment [?ashes] dates from November 1990. References- Secondary sources 1 R.S.J. Clarke (compiler) 'Gravestone Inscriptions Vol.13, County Down, Barony of Ards' (U.H.F. Belfast 1975), p. 26.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

A. Style B. Proportion C. Ornamentation D. Plan Form

Historic Interest

X. Local Interest

Evaluation

Family tomb of 1860 constructed in the style of a miniature Greek Doric temple with decorative acroteria.

General Comments

Date of Survey

03 February 1998