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Priory Mearings

Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Priory Mearings, 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
Priory Mearings, 147 Church Road, Holywood, County Down, BT18 9BZ
Council
Ards and North Down
Country
Northern Ireland
Coordinates
54.63441, -5.82147
Date of survey
03 February 2011
HB reference
HB23/20/083

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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 detached single-storey-with-attic house, dating from the 1930s with later alterations, characterised by a steeply pitched roof and dormered windows to attic. Extended to rear to create an L-shape plan with integrated double garage. Much of the original character has been lost in the modifications and refurbishments. No longer considered to be of special interest.

Historical information

N/A

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

A detached single-storey-with-attic house, dating from the 1930s with later alterations, characterised by a steeply pitched roof and dormered windows to attic. Extended to rear to create an L-shape plan with integrated double garage. Much of the original character has been lost in the modifications and refurbishments. Not considered to be of special interest.

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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