Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
19 Main Street
Greyabbey, Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- House
- Date of construction
- 1920 - 1939
- Address
- 19 Main Street, Greyabbey, Newtownards, Co. Down, BT22 2NE
- Townland
- Greyabbey
- Council
- Ards and North Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.53537, -5.55969
- Date of survey
- 27 November 1997
- HB reference
- HB24/04/083
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 1891 "Ireland 16" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
Plain two storey terrace house of post c.1920 with large windows to front. The property is situated on the south east side of Main Street, Greyabbey.
Front facade and rear finished in rough cast render, gable in plain render. Pitched roof with Bangor blue slates and a brick chimney stack to the left gable.
The front north west elevation is asymmetrical and has a modern timber and glazed door, with plain fanlight, to the right with a very large PVC window to the left. There is another similar window in the centre of the first floor.
SW gable blank. Large metal gate attached to SW gable.
To the rear is a large single storey lean to kitchen extension with modern PVC windows. Three narrow PVC windows to rear of main house.
Historical information
A larger building is shown partly on this site on the 1834 OS Map. A photograph of c.1920 shows a rubble wall where this house now stands. This building is therefore post c.1920.
References- Primary sources
1 PRONI VAL/12B/23/16a-f Annual valuation revision books, Greyabbey, 1866-1930
2 PRONI VAL/12E/99/1 Valuation plan, Greyabbey, 1906-35
3 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 two storey terrace house of post c.1920 with large windows to front.
Nearby in the register
- 17 Main StreetHealth Centreunder 1 mi
- RUC StationPolice Stationunder 1 mi
- BT kioskTelephone kioskunder 1 mi
- Trinity Presbyterian ChurchChurchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.