Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB16/01/067

Address :
The Grove 3 Turlough’s Hill Grove Rd Annalong Newry Co Down BT34 4XD

Townland:
Moneydorragh More

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Survey 2:
B2

Date of Listing:
02/02/2000 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:
279/6

IG Ref:
J3614 1937

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

This is a one and half storey/ two bay farmhouse. The roof is pitched and coped, with natural slates. There are two rendered stone chimneys – one on the left gable, and the other on the party wall. Metal rainwater goods missing. There are two dormers to façade, each with a pitched coped roof and rendered brick walls (some of the render has fallen away). The walls are of whitewashed lime rendered granite rubble with advaced stone eaves. There is a central porch at right on left bay on the façade, also with a pitched natural slate roof and recessed apex. Door is metal sheeted To left and right, is a metal casement window, with smaller ones above in the dormers. The cills of the latter are lower than the frames suggesting that these windows may have replaced larger timber originals. There is a metal window on the first floor of the right gable. The left gable and rear wall are blank.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

A building is shown at this location on the 1834 OS 6” map. It is explicitly captioned as ‘The Grove’ on the 1859 edition. Unfortunately it is not cited in the First Valuation book and the Second Valuation Books does not give its measurements. It is therefore impossible to say if or when it was raised from one to two floors. Primary sources: 1. PRONI – OS 6/3/56/1 (1834 OS map). 2. PRONI-OS 6/3/56/2 (1859 OS map). 3. PRONI-VAL 1B/390A (1834 valuation book). 4. PRONI- VAL 2B/3/81D (1861 valuation book).

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

A. Style C. Ornamentation D. Plan Form H+. Alterations enhancing the building

Historic Interest

X. Local Interest

Evaluation

This is a direct entry building in traditional style but with two unusual features. First, the other room has its chimney on the party wall, not its outside gable. Second, first floor living space has been created by raising two brick dormers off the façade. Its plan form would thus appear to be atypical of the area. It is also of some local interest in being the last unaltered house in this clachan.

General Comments

Date of Survey

20 June 1997