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204 Abbey Road

Ballyfrenis, Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland

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Designation
Record only (not listed)
Grade
Record Only
Type
Demolished
Date of construction
1840 - 1859
Address
204 Abbey Road, Ballyfrenis, Millisle, Newtownards, Co. Down, BT22 2DH
Townland
Ballyfrenis
Council
Ards and North Down
Country
Northern Ireland
Coordinates
54.59161, -5.55638
Date of survey
12 March 1998
HB reference
HB24/05/027

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Shown on 3 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1794 "Sheet 55. (Cary's England, Wales, and Scotland)." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Site of former single storey semi detached house on W side of the Abbey Road in the small hamlet of Ballyfrenis, demolished c.1982 with modern dwelling now in place. The house to the immediate S has been partly demolished.

Description from 1st Survey: " Single storey cottage. Roof slated, gable ends. Chimneys rendered. Wall rendered and painted white. 2 D/H windows, Georgian panes and central sheeted door."

Historical information

A building is shown on this site on the OS Map of 1858-60 which may have corresponded with the house demolished in recent times.

References- Primary sources
1 PRONI Ordnance Survey Maps 1st Revision 1858-60, Down 6.
2 PRONI ‘Griffith’s’ valuation for the townland of Ballyfrenis (Parish of Donaghadee) 1863.

Secondary sources
1 Grace Seymour 'Echoes of Millisle and district' (Rathfriland ?c.1980), pp.87-92 [Notes on the history of Ballfrenis Td.].

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Site of former single storey dwelling of probable mid nineteenth century origin, demolished c.1982 with modern house now in place

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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