House 160m south of jumction with Upper Damolly Road, Damolly Road, Newry, Co Down, BT34 1QR

This is a one-and-a-half-story, three-bay house located 160 metres south of the junction with Upper Damolly Road, Newry, County Down. Although resembling a vernacular building externally, the house displays architectural features suggesting a more formal design, appearing to be an example of “degenerated formal” rather than “evolved vernacular” architecture.

The house, along with an outbuilding and a covered well to the rear, is set back from the east side of the road. It has a pitched roof covered in natural slate, though many slates are now missing from the rear. Brick coped verges are visible, along with a red brick chimney on each gable and a third centrally on the ridge. Half-round metal gutters are present, some of which are missing. The walls are constructed of random rubble and rendered with ochre-coloured lime plaster. All window openings have granite cills. Eight granite steps, flanked by rubble parapet walls, lead to the main entrance, situated in the middle bay of the west-facing front elevation. The entrance features a painted, tongue and groove (t+g) sheeted door with a mouth organ transom and full-height, four-paned sidelights, all of whose glass panes are broken. Single, six-over-six sliding sash windows are located on either side of the entrance door. A four-pane fixed window is found in the left gable at attic level, positioned to the left of the chimney flue. A similar attic light is present in the right gable, but is now blocked. The rear elevation has a painted t+g door centrally placed, with a one-over-one sliding sash window immediately to its left. Identical windows are present in each end bay.

The house is set within a small front garden, enclosed by hedges and featuring a wrought iron gate leading to the road. A small lawn extends forward. Behind the house lies a random rubble outhouse, with a projecting brick eaves course. This outhouse is divided into three sections, but is now roofless and partially demolished. A small well, enclosed by random rubble walls and a canopy, is situated just north of the outhouse.

Buildings are recorded in the vicinity on an Ordnance Survey map from 1834, but the house itself does not appear until the 1858 map, suggesting a construction date in the mid-19th century, specifically between 1800 and 1819. The 1863 Valuation Book describes the property as occupied by Henry Stewart (previously Robert Glenny), measuring 54 feet by 21 feet, and being one-and-a-half stories high. Despite a valuation of only £4.10s.0d, it held one of the highest valuations in the townland at the time. The house is recorded as derelict.