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Heritage at Risk(v1.0)
Burrenwood
Burren Road
Castlewellan
Co Down


HB Ref No:
HB18/12/030

Address
Burrenwood Burren Road Castlewellan Co Down

Townland:

Status:
Currently at Risk

Listing Grade:
B+



HARNI Number:
HARNI 18/12/004

Conservation Area:
No

Condition:
Very Poor

Industrial Archeology:
No

Occupancy:
Fully Occupied

Vernacular:
No

Degree of Risk:
Critical

Thatched:
No

Availability:
Unavailable

Monument:

Current Building Use:

Derelict:
No



Description

A one-time cottage orneƩ of the highest order, full of such vigour and interest as to merit a Grade B+ listing (reduced to B1 after the second survey). Built c.1820 by General Robert Meade, who had been left the land by his mother, the 1st Countess of Clanwilliam, it has been compared to Derrymore in County Armagh, well tended by the National Trust. The rambling thatched roof was replaced and covered with tin during World War Two but many other unusual features remain intact. It appeared in Buildings at Risk, Vol. 4, p. 65. Burrenwood has since found a new owner who is carefully restoring the cottage, the surrounding woodland and drainage channels. The cottage is in greater condition than it has been in the past decade and it is hoped that soon it will no longer be deemed at risk. Refs: UAHS, Mourne Area of South Down, 1975, pp. 40-41