Belvedere, W of 26 Church Road, Forkhill, Newry, Co Armagh, BT35 9RS is a Grade B2 listed building in the Newry, Mourne and Down local planning authority area, Northern Ireland. First listed on 27 January 1993.
Belvedere, W of 26 Church Road, Forkhill, Newry, Co Armagh, BT35 9RS
- WRENN ID
- endless-gable-solstice
- Grade
- B2
- Local Planning Authority
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Constituency
- Newry and Armagh MP: Dáire Hughes (SF)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Date first listed
- 27 January 1993
- Address
- Belvedere, W of 26 Church Road, Forkhill, Newry, Co Armagh, BT35 9RS, Shean, BT35 9RS
- Irish grid reference
- J 005 167
- Coordinates
- 54.09008, -6.46359
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
Belvedere is an imposing, single-storey circular belvedere constructed between 1840 and 1859, situated on an elevated, rocky outcrop at the foot of Slievebrack Mountain in the townland of Shean, near Forkhill, Newry. It is undoubtedly a landscape feature associated with Forkhill House. The belvedere is built of granite and shale rubble stone with a crenellated parapet, now roofless. It has an advanced rubble stone basecourse and a dressed granite platband below parapet level, where the wall slightly advances. Openings are provided to each cardinal point, each with a granite lintel and cill, except the western opening, which serves as a door. The setting is high on a rocky outcrop, affording commanding views over the surrounding countryside and the Slieve Gullion Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The structure first appeared on the 1862 Ordnance Survey map. The building exhibits architectural interest in its style, proportions, plan form, setting, and group value and possesses local historical interest. It is privately owned and currently used as a tower.
Local climate
Belvedere, W of 26 Church Road, Forkhill, Newry, Co Armagh, BT35 9RS receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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