Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
32-34 Main Street
Greyabbey, Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- House
- Date of construction
- 1840 - 1859
- Address
- 32-34 Main Street, Greyabbey, Newtownards, Co. Down, BT22 2NG
- Townland
- Greyabbey
- Council
- Ards and North Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.53584, -5.55945
- Date of survey
- 21 November 1997
- HB reference
- HB24/04/074
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Plain, modern-looking single storey gabled terraced dwelling, originally two houses of c.1840, amalgamated and modernised in 1989. The property is set on the north west side of Main Street.
The gabled roof is covered in asbestos slates. Slight overhang to roof. Longish flat roofed dormer to rear. Chimney stacks removed. Facade finished in rough cast, with chamfered plinth to front. PVC rw goods.
The front (SE) elevation is asymmetrical with a left of centre timber and glazed door, with a two pane PVC window to the left and two more to the right. Three tiled steps to front door. To the far right is a recessed modern metal garage door.
SW gable blank. PVC doors and windows to rear.
Historical information
According to the current owner this house, which began life as two properties, was built in 1840. The two houses were converted to one in 1989 and the property modernised.
References- Primary sources
1 PRONI OS/6/3/11/1 OS maps, Down 11, 1834
2 'Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland Vol.7: Parishes of County Down II', ed. Angelique Day and Patrick McWilliams (QUB 1991), pp.67-72 [1834]
3 PRONI VAL/1B/33 1st valuation, Greyabbey, c.1834-38
4 PRONI VAL/1D/3/17 Valuation plan, Greyabbey, c.1838
5 PRONI VAL/2B/3/4 Second valuation, Greyabbey, c.1859
6 PRONI VAL/2D/3/10 Second valuation plan, Greyabbey, 1859
7 PRONI VAL/2B/3/4 Second valuation, Greyabbey, c.1859
8 PRONI VAL/2D/3/ Second valuation plan, Greyabbey, 1859
9 PRONI OS/6/3/11/2 OS maps, Down 11, 1860
10 PRONI VAL/12B/23/16a-f Annual valuation revision books, Greyabbey, 1866-1930
11 PRONI VAL/12E/99/1 Valuation plan, Greyabbey, 1906-35
12 UFTM W.A. Green Collection WAG 3038 Photograph of Main Street Greyabbey looking south west
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
Plain, modern-looking single storey gabled terraced dwelling, originally two houses of c.1840, amalgamated and modernised in 1989.
Nearby in the register
- 26 Main StreetDemolishedunder 1 mi
- 36-42 Main StreetHouse - Terraceunder 1 mi
- 31 Main StreetHouseunder 1 mi
- 44-46 Main StreetHouseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.