Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Site of former 'Fountain Court'
Downpatrick, Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Demolished
- Date of construction
- 1940 - 1959
- Address
- Site of former 'Fountain Court', Fountain Street, Downpatrick, Co Down
- Townland
- Downpatrick
- Council
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.32750, -5.71151
- Date of survey
- 07 November 2000
- HB reference
- HB18/19/035
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
Site, on the E side of Fountain Street, of a large modern style residential block of 1958, demolished 2000 with site now vacant.
The building was described in the first survey of c.1992 as: A residential complex comprising of three long blocks of flats, flat roofed, with rustic brick end walls and windows arranged in long horizontal bands. Made memorable by the curved plan of the longest block which faces the main road.
Historical information
The block of flats formerly on this site dated from 1958 and was built to designs by N.B. Mitchell. It was demolished in August 2000.
References- Primary sources
1 Linen Hall Library ‘Belfast Telegraph’, 19th November 1958
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
Site, on the E side of Fountain Street, of a large modern style residential block of 1958, demolished 2000 with site now vacant.
Nearby in the register
- Presbyterian ChurchChurchunder 1 mi
- 71 IRISH ST.HOUSEunder 1 mi
- 69 IRISH ST.HOUSEunder 1 mi
- 110 Irish StreetHouseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.