Charlemont Place, Armagh

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Charlemont Place, Armagh
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Charlemont Place, Armagh
Location Armagh, County Armagh
Coordinates 54°20′59″N6°39′00″W / 54.3497°N 6.6500°W / 54.3497; -6.6500 Coordinates: 54°20′59″N6°39′00″W / 54.3497°N 6.6500°W / 54.3497; -6.6500
Builtc.1830
ArchitectWilliam Murray
Architectural style(s) Georgian style
Listed Building – Grade A
Official name1 Charlemont Place
Designated30 April 1975
Reference no.HB 15/17/010A
Listed Building – Grade A
Official name2 Charlemont Place
Designated30 April 1975
Reference no.HB 15/17/010B
Listed Building – Grade A
Official name3 Charlemont Place
Designated30 April 1975
Reference no.HB 15/17/010C
Listed Building – Grade A
Official name4 Charlemont Place
Designated30 April 1975
Reference no.HB 15/17/010D
Listed Building – Grade A
Official name5 Charlemont Place
Designated30 April 1975
Reference no.HB 15/17/010E
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Charlemont Place is a row of terraced houses in Armagh, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The buildings served as the headquarters of Armagh County Council from 1945 to 1973. They are all Grade A listed buildings. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

History

The buildings, which were designed by William Murray (1789-1849) in the Georgian style, were built between 1827 and 1830. [6] [7] The design for each of the buildings involved a main frontage of three bays facing onto Charlemont Place; they were faced in ashlar limestone and each building featured a round headed doorway in the left bay flanked by pilasters supporting an entablature with a fanlight above; there were sash windows with cast iron balconies on the first floor. [6] The cornice was decorated with dentils and modillions. [8] Archiseek has described the row of houses as "one of the best Georgian terraces in Ireland outside of Dublin". [9]

The street was named after the Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone, Francis Caulfeild, 2nd Earl of Charlemont. [10] The buildings were initially occupied by senior military officers from Gough Barracks but later became the home of nuns from the Sacred Heart Convent in Armagh. [10] After the Second World War, the county leaders at Armagh County Council, who had previously held their meetings in Armagh Courthouse, [11] decided that the courthouse was too cramped to accommodate the county council in the context of the county council's increasing administrative responsibilities, especially while the courthouse was still acting as a facility for dispensing justice, and therefore chose to acquire additional premises: the location they selected was Charlemont Place, conveniently located on the opposite side of College Hill to the courthouse, and the acquisition was completed in 1945. [12]

After the county council was abolished in 1973, the buildings became the regional office of several government departments. [13] As a government office the buildings became a target for potential terrorist attacks and they were damaged by a car bomb in 1989. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "1 Charlemont Place, The Mall East, Armagh". Department for Communities. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  2. ↑ "2 Charlemont Place, The Mall East, Armagh". Department for Communities. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  3. ↑ "3 Charlemont Place, The Mall East, Armagh". Department for Communities. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  4. ↑ "4 Charlemont Place, The Mall East, Armagh". Department for Communities. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  5. ↑ "5 Charlemont Place, The Mall East, Armagh". Department for Communities. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  6. 1 2 "Armagh Conservation Area" (PDF). Planning Northern Ireland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  7. ↑ "1-5 Charlemont Place, The Mall, Armagh". Royal Institute of British Architects. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  8. 1 2 "1-5 Charlemont Place, The Mall East, Armagh". Stone Database. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  9. ↑ "1827 – Charlemont Place, Armagh, Co. Armagh". Archiseek. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  10. 1 2 Campbell, Maureen (1997). Armagh, City of Light and Learning: Paintings and Stories from the Orchard County. Cottage Publications. p. 18. ISBN   978-1900935050.
  11. ↑ "Belfast - Dublin - Cork Telephone Directory". 1913. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  12. ↑ "No. 1239". The Belfast Gazette . 23 March 1945. p. 69.
  13. ↑ "Education Authority - Armagh Office". Northern Ireland Direct. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
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