World War II Structures, Adj to 19 Derryoge Road, Kilkeel, Newry, Co Down, BT34 4JR

World War II Structures at Greencastle Aerodrome, Adjacent to 19 Derryoge Road, Kilkeel

A group of eleven Second World War structures that formed part of Greencastle Aerodrome's living site II. The buildings include eight air raid shelters, a picket post, an ablutions block, and a latrine block.

Air Raid Shelters (A–H)

The eight air raid shelters are single storey rectangular structures built on concrete plinths. Each has a flush cast in-situ concrete roof with a corrugated iron framework overhanging to either end, where it rests on brick blast walls. The main walls are red brick laid in stretcher bond on their sides, 200mm deep with a central cavity filled with concrete. Two doorways at either end are sheltered under the concrete roof and protected by the end blast walls. Shelter G has windows inserted in its front south-west wall. Shelter H contains some internal alterations.

Picket Post (I)

A small single storey structure with two bays, aligned north-west to south-east, constructed on a concrete plinth. It has a pitched corrugated asbestos cement roof with semicircular ridges and circular asbestos cement stops. The moulded asbestos cement bargeboards have no rainwater goods. The walls are cement rendered temporary brickwork, 100mm thick, with buttresses forming bays and supporting the roof structure. A single door forms the main entrance on the right (narrower) bay of the south-west elevation. The left bay contains a window opening with no cill, now fitted with a modern louvred vent. The north-west gable has three bays with a narrow blocked up window opening on either side. The north-east elevation has a blocked up door to the left (narrower) and an infilled window to the right. The south-east gable has a blocked up door to the left of centre, now with a modern louvred window, flanked by single paned shoulder height windows (both blocked up) and a fixed window to the right.

Ablutions Block (J)

A single storey structure of nine and a half bays, aligned north-east to south-west, constructed on a concrete plinth. Each bay is approximately 10 feet wide. It has a pitched corrugated asbestos cement roof with raised ventilators, semicircular ridges and circular asbestos cement stops. The moulded asbestos cement bargeboards have no rainwater goods. The cement rendered temporary brickwork walls, 100mm thick, have buttresses at regular intervals forming bays and supporting the roof structure. The north-east gable has three bays with buttresses and a pair of sheeted top hung doors to the centre, with a single three paned steel casement window on one side bay. The north-west elevation has a single three paned steel casement window with no cills to each bay; some are infilled. The south-east elevation is abutted by a modern silage bay, leaving only the right three and a half bays exposed, each with a single window (some infilled), and the exposed left bay has a sliding door. The south-west gable has been totally demolished and replaced with a large pair of corrugated doors. It is likely this gable once held a water tower, as seen on other similar structures in the locality.

Latrine Block (K)

A single storey structure with two bays, aligned north-east to south-west, with smooth cement walls over temporary brick. The gable roof has been altered and is now monopitched corrugated asbestos cement. The south-east elevation has a 2 by 3 metal window and plywood door to the left bay and an infilled window to the right bay. The south-west elevation is blank. The north-west elevation has a three paned modern vent at left and a partly infilled former door on the right bay with an infilled window to its right. The north-east gable is blank. There may be other Second World War buildings on this site, but the remaining buildings have been refurbished for modern farm use.