17 Main Street

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Small plain single storey gabled terrace house of possible mid 19th century construction, now a doctor's surgery. The property is set on the south east side of Main Street, Greyabbey.

Facade finished in rough cast. Roof gabled with Bangor blue slates. PVC gutter.

Front NW elevation is asymmetrical and has a timber panelled door, with plain fanlight, to the far left. There is a narrow moulded surround to the doorway (possibly added c.1925-30), with moulded keystone and other quoin-like moulded sections to each side. Traditional looking street sign between door and first window and small ‘clinic’ sign to immediate right of door. Small electric light on wall to left of door. To right of doorway is a window with recent timber frame, with Georgian panes. Sash window (with wrought iron railings in front) to far right belongs to the neighbouring Police station and the metal fence around the station is attached to the facade of this building (No.82) between the first and second windows.

NE gable blank. To the rear there are two modern timber windows to the right and a glazed door, with steps, to the left.

Historical information

There appears to be a larger building shown on this site on the OS Map of 1834, so this building may well date from the later nineteenth century. A photograph of c.1920 shows a lintel frieze and cornice, on curved brackets, above the doorway. A gable chimney stack was removed from the building in recent times.

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

Small plain single storey gabled terrace house of possible mid 19th century construction, now a doctor's surgery.