11 Kilmonaghan Road Goragh Newry Co.Down BT35 6QF

A two-storey farmhouse located off a laneway on the east side of Kilmonaghan Road, just over one mile north-east of Mullaghglass, County Armagh. The original single-storey dwelling was built before 1835 and was raised to two storeys in the early 20th century. The house is approached from the west via a laneway which incorporates a bridge over the former GNR Branch Line, Goraghwood to Warrenpoint on the Newry and Armagh Railway (IHR 00478:005:00), now largely obscured beneath thick bands of mature trees. The dwelling faces approximately north-west.

The building is a two-storey, three-bay farmhouse with a pitched natural slate roof and red clay ridge tiles. Three red brick chimneys are present—one at each gable end and one to approximate centre. The walling is ruled and lined painted sand-cement render. A flat-roofed porch is attached to the front, a single-storey outbuilding is abutted to the north-east side, a single-storey extension extends to the south-east rear, and a small concrete-block addition is located to the rear south-east. A detached single-storey outbuilding stands to the east of the dwelling.

The front north-west elevation presents an asymmetric three-bay façade. A flat-roofed side-entry porch is positioned to the right of centre, with a replacement 20th-century timber door opening in the south-west side and a window opening in the north-east side. On the ground floor, the window to the left of the porch has a replacement top-hung metal window frame with plywood-boarded panes; the window to the right retains remnants of a painted timber sliding sash window. All ground-floor window openings have painted stone cills. The first-floor level contains three windows from left to right: a 2/2 painted timber sliding sash window (remnants), a 1/1 painted timber sliding sash window, and a 2/2 painted timber sliding sash window. Any remaining glass is single-glazed. A painted metal gutter and downpipe are present to the right side of the façade.

A single-storey outbuilding abutted to the north-east gable has random rubblestone visible beneath patches of painted lime render, with a partial natural slate roof with red clay ridge tiles (the roof covering and structure have collapsed over a large section). The door opening to approximate centre has a timber-sheeted door and a diminutive opening to the left side. The left corner of the walling is collapsed.

The south-west gable elevation is blind, with sand-cement render. The bottom section has a rough texture with a large bulge in the wall and a crack running from top to bottom, with a shadow indicating a former single-storey pitched roof return or extension. The render is ruled and lined to the upper section, and a red brick chimney rises to the apex.

The south-east rear elevation presents a three-bay façade with a single-storey extension with pitched roof to approximate centre. The render finish is rough, with small areas of redbrick exposed around window openings. Window openings either side of the extension on the ground floor level; the left side has remnants of a timber sliding sash window, and the right side has a top-hung metal-framed window. Three window openings on the first floor level all retain remnants of timber sliding sash windows, with stone cills throughout. The extension has a shallow pitched roof with asbestos sheet covering (collapsed on the south-west side). Window openings on both south-west and south-east sides have metal window frames with no glazing extant, and a door opening on the north-east side has a 20th-century timber door. A single-storey outbuilding to the right side has random rubblestone visible beneath patches of painted lime render, a natural slate roof with red clay ridge tiles, and a timber-lintelled door opening to approximate centre. A small concrete-block addition to the right side has a corrugated iron monopitch roof.

The north-east blind gable elevation has exposed random rubblestone at each corner, with walling largely collapsed to the right side. Painted lime render is present to the upper section, and a shadow of a former pitched roof section is visible.

The dwelling is set off a short laneway on the east side of Kilmonaghan Road, accessed from the west via the laneway which incorporates a bridge over the former railway line now obscured beneath thick bands of mature trees. Stone bridge parapets with coursed stone beneath large, regular, rectangular cut coping stones flank the laneway. A tall curved stone wall to the east end of the southern parapet has coping stones laid on edge, forming castellations. A small detached single-storey random rubblestone outbuilding with a door opening in the north-west side and natural slate roof stands on the east side of the site. A tall random rubblestone wall lies to the north-east side of the site. The dwelling is surrounded by agricultural land on all sides, with 20th-century detached dwellings located to the north-west and west.