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Merdyn Day Nursery

Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Merdyn Day Nursery, 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
Merdyn Day Nursery, 2 Plas Merdyn, Church Road, Holywood, County Down, BT18 9DF
Council
Ards and North Down
Country
Northern Ireland
Coordinates
54.63681, -5.82490
Date of survey
17 August 2010
HB reference
HB23/20/048

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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

A late-nineteenth century pair of two-storey stucco villas, located off Church Road, Holywood. The pair has been subject to substantial alterations; one is currently being substantially refurbished and the other is now in use as a children’s day care centre.

Historical information

N/A

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

A late-nineteenth century pair of two-storey stucco villas, located off Church Road, Holywood. The pair has been subject to substantial alterations; one is currently being substantially refurbished and the other is now in use as a children’s day care centre. No special interest remains.

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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