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The Cottage

Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of The Cottage, Ards and North Down, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation
Record only (not listed)
Grade
Record Only
Type
No type recorded
Address
The Cottage, Fort Road, Helen’s Bay, Co Down
Council
Ards and North Down
Country
Northern Ireland
Coordinates
54.67186, -5.74691
Date of survey
07 April 2010
HB reference
HB23/15/043

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1697 · Scotia, Parte Meridionale (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1794 · Sheet 55. (Cary's England, Wales, and Scotland). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

The cottage has been demolished and a 2-storey dwelling has been built on the site.

The First Survey card records:

‘Long single/sty cottage. Roof cor/iron. Chimneys rendered. walls stone rubble whitewashed. 4 D/H windows, Georgn. panes - porch - then D/H window, horizon astrags. Porch square & recent has 6 pane window on front face & sheeted door on L/H face. House extended on R/H as store with wisteria covered wall. Outbldg behind, slated roof. stone rubble walls & ruinous.
Condition of house fair to poor
Front of block about 118 ft.

Appears on O.S. map of 1834.

Date of visit: 9/2/73'

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

The cottage has been demolished and a 2-storey dwelling has been built on the site.

General comments

Partial Survey Only

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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