Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
13 Abbey Road
Grangee, Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- House
- Date of construction
- 1820 - 1839
- Address
- 13 Abbey Road, Grangee, Millisle, Newtownards, Co Down, BT22 [?2BP]
- Townland
- Grangee
- Council
- Ards and North Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.58732, -5.55756
- Date of survey
- 12 March 1998
- HB reference
- HB24/05/062
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
Derelict and dilapidated single storey gabled house situated on a slight rise on the W side of the Abbey Road just S of the small hamlet of Ballyfrenis.
The front E facade is largely obscured by rampant greenery. To the left of centre is a timber sheeted door with a now broken fanlight. To the left of this are two window openings with plain surrounds, but both openings are now blocked. To the right of the door is another, now blocked, window opening. Beyond this window the facade is completely obscured by greenery.
The N gable has two small attic windows high in the gable, with the remnants of sash frames.
The S gable is blank.
The rear facade is also partly covered in greenery and has a recent looking lean to projection in the centre with a plain sheeted door to its S facade and a modern window to the W facade.
The roof is pitched with Bangor blue slates and three small rendered chimney stacks. Four small cast iron skylights to left of roof at front.
Facade mainly finished in rough cast. Remnants of cast iron rw goods.
Dilapidated outbuildings to S and W.
Historical information
A building is shown on this site on the OS Maps of 1833/4 and 1858-60, which probably corresponds with the house we see today. The outbuildings to the south are also present on both maps. Interestingly the 1858-60 map shows a standing stone just to the west of the site, which now appears to be gone. This house appears to have been abandoned some time after 1973.
References- Primary sources
1 PRONI VAL 1B/32 Valuation records for the townland of Grangee (Parish of Donaghadee) 1830s.
2 PRONI Ordnance Survey Maps 1st Edition 1833/4, Co. Down 6.
3 PRONI Ordnance Survey Maps 1st Revision 1858-60, Co. Down 6.
4 PRONI ‘Griffith’s’ valuation for the townland of Grangee (Parish of Donaghadee) 1863.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
Simple single storey farm house of probable early nineteenth century origin, now badly dilapidated.
Nearby in the register
- 204 Abbey RoadDemolishedunder 1 mi
- Former Ballyfrenis Presbyterian ChurchChurchunder 1 mi
- 225 Abbey RoadDemolishedunder 1 mi
- Entrance gateway to Carrowdore CastleGates/ Screens/ Lodgesunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.