Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
68-72 Main Street
Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- No type recorded
- Address
- 68-72 Main Street, Holywood, Co Down
- Council
- Ards and North Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.64113, -5.83521
- Date of survey
- 06 January 2011
- HB reference
- HB23/20/011
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
The dwellings have been demolished and retail units have been built on the site.
The First Survey card records:
'2/Sty terrace of 4 houses. Roof slated, R/H gable end. Brick chimneys. Walls rendered, lined & painted. Bevel quoins. 8 F/FL D/H windows, horizon. astrags. & none. Gr/FL has door - window - door - window - door - window - door - window. Windows as above. Doors recent glazed & panelled.
Condition fair. Frontage about 62 ft.
Appears on O.S. map of 1834
Date of visit: 17/7/73'
Historical information
N/A
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
The dwellings have been demolished and retail units have been built on the site.
General comments
Partial Survey Only
Nearby in the register
- 68 HIGH ST.HOUSEunder 1 mi
- 72 HIGH ST.HOUSEunder 1 mi
- High Street Presbyterian ChurchChurchunder 1 mi
- Former First Trust BankShopunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.