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Former Oxfam Gift Shop

Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Former Oxfam Gift Shop, 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
Former Oxfam Gift Shop, 133 High Street, Holywood, Co Down
Council
Ards and North Down
Country
Northern Ireland
Coordinates
54.64054, -5.83741
Date of survey
06 January 2011
HB reference
HB23/19/004

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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

This building has been demolished and replaced by a modern sheltered housing complex.

The First Survey card records:

'Single/Sty house with attic & basement. Roof slated, gable ends. Chimneys rendered. Walls rendered & lined. Twin corbelled eaves. Mld. sill course & base. 2 D/H windows, no astrags, mld. architraves with outer pilasters supporting decor.
brackets below dentilled cornice hood with shaped blocking & central doorway has same surround but with no architrave. Plain fanlight & panelled door.
Condition poor. Front about 35 ft.
Outbldg in front on L/H side.

appears on O.S. Map of 1834

Date of visit: 7/6/73'

Historical information

N/A

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

This building has been demolished and replaced by a modern sheltered housing complex.

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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