Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
3 The Square
Greyabbey, Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade B2
- Grade
- B2
- Type
- Shop - Terrace
- Date of listing
- 30 July 1991
- Date of construction
- 1840 - 1859
- Address
- 3 The Square, Greyabbey, Newtownards, Co. Down, BT22 2QA
- Townland
- Greyabbey
- Council
- Ards and North Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.53486, -5.56131
- Date of survey
- 14 November 1997
- HB reference
- HB24/04/004 D
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Shown on 3 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1794 "Sheet 55. (Cary's England, Wales, and Scotland)." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
Small, plain end of terrace shop, originally a house built c.1840-50 and belonging to a short terrace of three contemporary properties. The shop is set on the north west side of Main Street, Greyabbey, and is entered on the gable.
To the right on the ground floor of the SW gable is the entrance doorway, which consists of a partly glazed door with plain painted stone surround. Timber shop sign board above door. The gable (which faces into a small pedestrian lane), merges with a single storey [flat roof or lean to] extension which has been added to left (i.e. to the rear of the building). There is a recent partly glazed door to the right hand side of the SW face of the extension.
The SE facade (which faces into Main Street) has a Georgian-paned sash window (6/6), to the ground floor with a similar but shorter window directly above to first floor (6/3). Both windows have narrow plain surrounds. Timber shop sign boards to left of windows.
The rear of this house appears to consist of the aforementioned single storey extension, with a small modern fixed light window to the first floor of the main building. The whole facade is to be finished in painted roughcast. The gabled roof is slated. Small rendered chimney stack to the gable end. Cast iron gutters and down spouts.
Historical information
The short terrace to which this house belongs was built some time between 1834 and 1860.
References- Primary sources
1 PRONI VAL/1B/33 1st valuation, Greyabbey, c.1834-38
2 PRONI VAL/1D/3/17 Valuation plan, Greyabbey, c.1838
3 PRONI VAL/2B/3/4 Second valuation, Greyabbey, c.1859
4 PRONI VAL/2D/3/10 Second valuation plan, Greyabbey, 1859
5 PRONI OS/6/3/11/2 Ordnance Survey Maps, 1st Revision, c.1860 Co. Down 11
6 PRONI VAL/12B/23/16a-f Annual valuation revision books, Greyabbey, 1866-1930
7 PRONI VAL/12E/99/1 Valuation plan, Greyabbey, 1906-35
8 UFTM W.A. Green Collection WAG 3038 Photograph of Main Street Greyabbey looking south west
Secondary sources
1 Bob Trayte, "The Greyabbey and village" in 'Journal of the Upper Ards Historical Society No.16' (1992), pp.2-4
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
A. Style
B. Proportion
C. Ornamentation
H-. Alterations detracting from building
K. Group value
Criteria for listing: historic interest
X. Local Interest
Evaluation
Unpretentious mid nineteenth century, end of terrace, two storey house with modern looking extension to the rear and much altered interior.
Nearby in the register
- 2 Main StreetHouse - Terraceunder 1 mi
- 2B The SquareHouseunder 1 mi
- 4-6 Main StreetHouse - Terraceunder 1 mi
- Hallunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.