Oakley

Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland

The record

Designation: Record only (not listed)
Grade: Record Only
Type: No type recorded
Address: Oakley, Jackson’s Road, Holywood, County Down, BT18 9EZ
Council: Ards and North Down
Country: Northern Ireland
Coordinates: 54.63228, -5.84311
Date of survey: 31 March 2011
HB reference: HB23/17/003

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Exterior description and setting

The building has been demolished. The site of the building now consists of a grassy area behind the soldiers’ accommodation.

The First Survey card records:

' 2 sty house with attic now used as Officers' Mess. Roof hipped & slated. Chimneys rendered & one mould. Walls rendered, lined & painted. Eaves cornice consoled & panelled frieze, F/Fl. mld. quoins & sill course below which Gr/FL channel jointed with pilaster quoins having triglyph frieze & cornice. Gr/FL sill course & bevel base. S/FL front has two recent square dormers, metal casements. 2 F/FL: D/H windows, horizon astrags, mld architrave & central F/FL D/H window, horizon astrags. 5/C mld architrave & keystone on pilaster jambs with outer plain pilasters supporting decor. brackets below cornice band with frieze. Gr/FL has twin D/H windows, no astrags, plain pilaster jambs & mullion with decor. brackets below cornice hood with frieze. Projecting porch below central window has frieze lintel & eaves cornice with mld. blocking course carried on square corner columns & antae with corner Doric columns framing doorway. This has mld. architrave enclosing plain fanlight & panelled doors approached by 4 steps with side kerbs an square end placks(?) Sides of porch have D/H window, no astrags, 5/C arch head with keystone, mld. architrave shouldered & heeled. NW front has 3 recent dormers& has projecting central bay with Gr/FL arch with frieze, cornice& panelled parapet. Details follow lines of those on S.W. front. Interior has good décor, plaster, marble fireplace & decor. c/iron stair balustrade. Main S.W front about 50Ft. Condition fair.

Suggest mid 19c

Dtae of visit: 26/7/73'

Historical information

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Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

The building has been demolished. The site of the building is now a grassy area behind the soldiers’ accommodation.

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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