Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Birnam Wood
Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- No type recorded
- Address
- Birnam Wood, 163 Bangor Road, Ballygrainey, Holywood, County Down, BT18 0ET
- Council
- Ards and North Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.65286, -5.79352
- Date of survey
- 17 August 2010
- HB reference
- HB23/16/032
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
A detached two-storey flat-roof house in the International Style, located south of Bangor Road on the outskirts of Holywood. Altered and extended with replacement aluminium windows throughout.
Historical information
N/A
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
A detached two-storey flat-roof house in the International Style. Altered and extended with replacement aluminium windows throughout, compromising the original design. It is not one of the best examples of the type and not of special interest.
General comments
Partial Survey Only
Nearby in the register
- DromineerNo type recordedunder 1 mi
- Little BirchamNo type recordedunder 1 mi
- 2 & 4 Glen RoadHouseunder 1 mi
- Gate LodgeNo type recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.