House, Adjacent to 145 Ballagh Road, Newcastle, Co Down, BT33 0LA is a listed building in the Newry, Mourne and Down local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.
House, Adjacent to 145 Ballagh Road, Newcastle, Co Down, BT33 0LA
- WRENN ID
- over-dormer-evening
- Grade
- Local Planning Authority
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Constituency
- South Down MP: Chris Hazzard (SF)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Irish grid reference
- J 384 251
- Coordinates
- 54.15701, -5.88093
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
This is a single-storey, three-bay timber-framed house situated adjacent to 145 Ballagh Road, Newcastle, County Down. Constructed between 1920 and 1939, it represents a rare survival of the Watertown settlement, a construction workers' settlement associated with the building of the Silent Valley reservoir. The building was reassembled on its current site in the mid-1930s following the dam's completion.
The house is clad in corrugated metal and has a gabled roof with a central brick chimney – a replacement for the original stovepipe, according to the owner – and metal rainwater goods. The facade faces south-east, with a glazed door providing access to the central room, and a single sliding sash window in each room. A kitchen, of similar construction, projects from the rear.
Historically, the former owner believed the building was originally a canteen at Watertown. Currently, it is a private house, though it has been recorded as derelict. Due to its historical significance, there is hope that the Water Executive will relocate it to the Silent Valley for exhibition purposes, as the building is shortly to be demolished to allow for a replacement dwelling.
Local climate
House, Adjacent to 145 Ballagh Road, Newcastle, Co Down, BT33 0LA sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,110 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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