Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
1 & 3 Demesne Road
Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Demolished
- Address
- 1 & 3 Demesne Road, Holywood, Co Down, BT18 9DQ
- Council
- Ards and North Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.63886, -5.82913
- Date of survey
- 17 August 2010
- HB reference
- HB23/20/049
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 a new residential development built on the site.
The First Survey card records:
'2/Sty block of 2 houses. Roof slated & gabled. mld. barges. Chimneys rendered & mld. Walls rendered, lined & painted. Mld. eaves. Mld. Quoins & mld. base.. N.W. front in 3 bays. Outer bays - have twin F/FL D/H windows, horizon. astrags. 5/c arch heads & label mldg. Gr/FL has oriel, pitched metal roof, mld. eaves, D/H windows, horizon. astrags. Middle bay - has 2 F/FL D/H windows, horizon. astrags. 2 Gr/FL sets twin windows as above framed with pilaster jambs & mullions below entablature with dentilled cornice hood & blocking. Raised apron to sill. L/H windows have last entablature. N.E & S.W. ends have same gables & windows & projecting with entrance doorway. Segmental arch head, plain fanlight, panelled door. Jointed pilaster piers. Segmental arch recess on side face of porch with upper fanlight & decor panel with monogram.
Condition fair but some bldg. work in progress,
N.W. front about 65 ft.
Date of visit: 18/7/73'
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 a new residential development built on the site
General comments
Partial Survey Only
Nearby in the register
- 5 Demesne RoadHouseunder 1 mi
- 7 Demesne RoadHouseunder 1 mi
- 122 Downshire RoadNo type recordedunder 1 mi
- WillesdenDemolishedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.