Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Ashbrook
Ballyblack, Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Demolished
- Date of construction
- 1840 - 1859
- Address
- Ashbrook, 32 Grangee Road, Ballyblack, Millisle, Newtownards, Co Down, BT22 2JB
- Townland
- Ballyblack
- Council
- Ards and North Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.58542, -5.57470
- Date of survey
- 13 March 1998
- HB reference
- HB24/05/060
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
Site of former single storey dwelling (on the S side of the Grangee Road c.1 mile NW of Carrowdore) demolished recently [?c.1985], with modern dwelling built close by.
Description from 1st Survey Card " Single?sty cottage. Roof corr. Asbestos, gable ends. Wall roughcast, front painted white. 2 D/H windows, horiz. Astragals. Central sheeted door. Plain yellow painted architraves to all openings. Lower shed extension on RH gable with metal casement."
Historical information
A small building is shown on this site on the OS Map of 1833/4, with a slightly longer structure shown on that on 1858-60. The former dwelling on this site was demolished in recent times [?c.1985] and a modern house has been constructed close by.
References- Primary sources
1 PRONI VAL 1B/34 Valuation records for the townland of Ballyblack (Parish of Newtownards) 1830s.
2 PRONI Ordnance Survey Maps 1st Edition 1833/4, Co. Down 6.
3 Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland Vol.7: Parishes of County Down II, ed. Angelique Day and Patrick McWilliams (QUB 1991), p. 50.
4 PRONI Ordnance Survey Maps 1st Revision 1858-60, Co. Down 6.
5 PRONI ‘Griffith’s’ valuation for the townland of Ballyblack (Parish of Newtownards) 1863.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
Site of former single storey house of possible early nineteenth century origin, demolished in recent times.
Nearby in the register
- The PoplarsHouseunder 1 mi
- 13 Abbey RoadHouseunder 1 mi
- Former Ballyfrenis Presbyterian ChurchChurchunder 1 mi
- 204 Abbey RoadDemolishedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.