WW2 Administration site, Mourne Park House, Lurganconary Road, Kilkeel, Newry, Co Down, BT34 4LL

WW2 Administration Site, Greencastle Aerodrome

Seven wartime buildings form the core of the administration site of Greencastle Aerodrome, located on the front lawn of Mourne Wood House.

Building A: Office Block

A linear, single-storey office block of seven bays aligned north-west to south-east. The pitched roof is corrugated asbestos cement with a semicircular ridge and circular asbestos cement stops. Walls are cement rendered in temporary brickwork 100mm thick, with buttresses between each bay supporting the metal roof trusses. All windows are metal-framed, multi-paned paired casements with flush cills. The north-west gable is three bays wide with a sliding timber door to the centre; the left and right bays are blank. The north-east elevation has a window in each bay except bay five, which is blank. The south-east gable is three bays wide with a doorway in the central bay and windows in both flanking bays. The south-west elevation has windows in each bay except bays five and seven, which have doorways.

Building B: Latrine Block

A small, single-storey block of four bays to the north-west of Building A. The corrugated asbestos cement monopitch roof (sloping to the south-east) is partially collapsed. Walls are cement rendered in temporary red brick 100mm thick with buttresses separating each bay and at either end. The south-west gable is one bay wide with a doorway to the left, formerly fitted with a sliding door. The north-west elevation is four bays wide; the bays at left and right ends are blank whilst the two central bays each have a pair of three-paned metal casement windows with no cills. The north-east gable has a blocked-up door opening to the right. The south-east elevation is four bays wide; end bays are blank whilst the two central bays have a pair of four-paned metal casement windows, with the windows in bay two blocked up.

Building C: Office Block

A linear, single-storey block of seven bays aligned north-east to south-west, positioned to the south-west of Building A. The pitched roof is corrugated asbestos cement with semicircular ridges and circular asbestos cement stops at either end. Walls are cement rendered in temporary brick 100mm thick with buttresses between each bay and at either end, supporting metal roof trusses. All windows are metal-framed, multi-paned paired casements with flush cills. The north-east gable is three bays wide; the left and right bays each contain a doorway, whilst the central bay has a partially blocked-up metal-framed window. The south-east elevation has a single four-paned paired casement window on each of its seven bays, each with a pair of top-hung two-paned transoms over, all partially blocked up. The south-west gable is three bays wide with a much-altered doorway in the right bay. The north-west elevation is identical to the south-east one.

Building D: Generator House

A single-storey block of two bays abutting the south-west elevation of Building E. The roof comprises a pair of gables abutting one another, with corrugated asbestos cement pitches, semicircular ridge and circular stops to each end. Both gables have a red brick chimney where they meet Building E. The left gable (as viewed from the south-west) is wider than the right. Walls are cement rendered in temporary brick 100mm thick with a buttress between each bay, supporting metal roof trusses. Windows are metal-framed, multi-paned paired casements with flush cills. The façade faces south-west; the left gable is three bays wide and the right gable is two bays wide. From left to right: bay one has an enlarged doorway, bay two has a blocked-up door, bay three has a window opening, bay four (in the right gable) has an enlarged door, and bay five is blank. The south-east elevation is two bays wide; the left bay has a pair of four-paned casements and the right bay is blank. The north-west elevation is two bays wide; the left bay has a pair of four-paned casements each with a two-paned top-hung transom over, and the right bay is blank.

Building E: Operations Block

A single-storey block with a partially double-height section. The northern section is rectangular in plan with a higher roof than the southern block. Both sections have flat concrete roofs, partially overhanging. Walls are in permanent red brick 300mm thick. The north block has no windows and no external door openings save for a large modern vehicle door on the north-west wall. The south block is lower and similarly plain, projecting further to the north-east. The advanced north-west elevation of the south block has a single doorway screened by a blast wall. All remaining elevations are blank except for a modern opening on the north-east wall. Where the generator block abuts this block, ventilation ducts are located on the party wall between them.

Building F: Latrine Block

A single-storey, single-bay structure aligned north-west to south-east. The monopitch corrugated asbestos cement roof has moulded eaves and no rainwater goods. Walls are cement rendered in temporary red brick 100mm thick with buttresses at either end. The north-west and south-east gables are blank. The south-west elevation has two four-paned casement windows and a doorway to their right. The north-east elevation has a pair of three-paned metal casements.

Building G: Structure

A single-storey block, partially collapsed, situated on the edge of a sand quarry to the south of the group. The roof is a flat cast in situ concrete slab. Walls are rendered red brick 100mm thick. The north-east elevation has a pair of three-paned metal casements with thin metal bars over them. The north-west elevation has three four-paned casements set in a single opening, with a red brick structure (a later addition) to the right, similarly roofed and with a blank wall. The south-west elevation of the brick structure is blank. The south-east elevation of the whole block has collapsed into the sand quarry.