Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Forest Cottage
Ballyrolly, Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Demolished
- Date of construction
- 1820 - 1839
- Address
- Forest Cottage, 21 Woburn Road, Ballyrolly, Millisle, Newtownards, Co. Down, BT22 2HY
- Townland
- Ballyrolly
- Council
- Ards and North Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.59375, -5.52468
- Date of survey
- 10 March 1998
- HB reference
- HB24/05/024
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 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
Site (roughly 1 mile S of Millisle on the N side of the Woburn Road) of former single storey house, demolished c.1996 with modern house recently built in place.
Description from 1st Survey: "Single/sty cottage. Roof slated, gables ends, plain barges. Chimney r/cast. Walls rendered, lined and painted pink. Bevel base. 3 D/H windows horizon. Astragals. Sheeted door with plain fanlight between 2nd and 3rd windows. Recent addition at back."
Historical information
A house is shown on this site on the OS Map of 1833/4, which may have corresponded to the building demolished recently. Undoubtedly the property once belonged to the ‘Woburn’ estate.
House demolished c.1996.
References- Primary sources
1 PRONI T.1242 Map of the estate of George Dunbar Esq. by J.A. Williamson 1797. [This map shows the townlands of Ballyrolly and Drumfad. A copy was held by PRONI but is at present missing. A much reduced reproduction of the map is shown on p.35 of 'Christ Church Carrowdore' by Susan E. Pack Beresford (1994). This particular house does not appear to be indicated on the map.]
2 PRONI VAL 1B/32 Valuation records for the townland of Ballyrolly (Parish of Donaghadee) 1830s.
3 PRONI Ordnance Survey Maps 1st Edition 1833/4, Down 7.
4 PRONI Ordnance Survey Maps 1st Revision 1858-60, Down 7.
5 PRONI ‘Griffith’s’ valuation for the townland of Ballyrolly (Parish of Donaghadee) 1863.
Secondary sources
1 Grace Seymour 'Echoes of Millisle and district' (Rathfriland ?c.1980), pp.134-138 [Notes on the history of Ballyrolly Td.].
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
Site of former single storey dwelling of probable early nineteenth century origin, demolished c.1996 with new larger house built in place
Nearby in the register
- 112 Ballywalter RoadHouseunder 1 mi
- Woburn CottageHouseunder 1 mi
- Woburn HouseOfficeunder 1 mi
- 37 Woburn RoadHouseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.