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2 High Street

Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of 2 High Street, 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
2 High Street, Holywood, Co Down, BT18 9AZ
Council
Ards and North Down
Country
Northern Ireland
Coordinates
54.64277, -5.83171
Date of survey
01 April 2010
HB reference
HB23/20/004

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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

An attached corner-sited L-shaped late-nineteenth century house, located at the junction of High Street and Victoria Road, Holywood. Hipped and gabled slate roof, 1/1 timber sash windows, and single storey balustraded porch set into the internal angle.

Historical information

N/A

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

An attached corner-sited L-shaped late-nineteenth century house, located at the junction of High Street and Victoria Road, Holywood. Hipped and gabled slate roof, 1/1 timber sash windows, and single storey balustraded porch set into the internal angle. The house is unremarkable within the context of the area, and is not considered to be of special interest.

General comments

Please note this is a Partial Survey

Nearby in the register

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

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