33 New Road

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Mildly picturesque, low two storey Victorian stuccoed semi-detached house of 1869, with typical features of the period including large gabled half-dormers, canted bay, roof overhang and decorative barges. The property and its matching neighbour is set at the end of a short drive to the N of New Road to the N of Donaghadee town centre.

The asymmetrical front façade faces roughly S. Roughly to the centre of the ground floor is the main entrance which consists of a panelled timber door with plain rectangular fanlight all encased with plain pilasters, and a cornice ‘hood’ supported on decorative consul brackets. Steps to door.

To the left of the left of the doorway is a large double sash window. To the immediate right of the doorway is a full height gabled bay which projects slightly. To the ground floor of the bay is a single storey canted bay with sash window to each face, sill course, panelled aprons, cornice course and parapet.

To the left on the first floor is a sash-window set within a half-dormer. This window has a rope pattern moulded surround. To the right of this (above the doorway) is a small window with leaded lights. To the first floor of the large gabled bay to right is another sash window, with label moulding.

Roughly to the centre of the ground floor of the E gable is a sash window. To the first floor are two, widely spaced, slightly smaller sash windows.

To the left of centre of the rear elevation is a relatively large two storey gabled return. To the E face of the return are two sash windows to first floor with a small window to left on ground floor with recent looking casement frame. The gable of the return is blank.. To ground floor of the gable is a single storey flat roofed boiler house projection. To the ground floor of the W face of the return is a broad window with ‘Georgian’ paned casement frame. This window is not original (there appear to have originally been two smaller windows to this level). To right of this window there is a small, breeze block-built, lean-to rear porch, which sits in the intersection of the return and the rear façade of the main house. To the N face of the porch is a timber sheeted door. To the W face is a small fixed light window.

The rear façade of the main house has a sash window to ground floor left (E) of the return, with another to right of the lean-to porch. To right again is a doorway with modern glazed (French window-like) double door. This doorway was probably originally a window. Directly above the lean-to porch is a stair landing level sash window with margin panes and acid etched glazing. To the first floor are two smaller sash windows.

The front façade, main gable, E face and gable of the return, and main rear façade left (E) of the return are all finished in lined render with in-out quoins to front and main gable. The W face of the return and rear façade to right (W) of the return are in brick. The lean-to is in painted breeze block. The front façade and main gable have been re-rendered recently and are unpainted.

The slated gabled roof has an overhang with decorative barges. Rendered chimney stack to E gable with another to W side (shared with no.35). Cast iron rw goods.

Two storey brick outbuilding to rear (which appears to be converted to living quarters).

Historical information

As the date stone on no.35 tells us, this house and its neighbour date from 1869. They were apparently built by a Mr Dickson, whose descendants lived in no.35 until 1938.

References- Primary sources
1 PRONI VAL/12E/121/1/1-9 Valuation town plan of Donaghadee, 1864-1908
2 PRONI OS/8/8/2//1-3 OS town plan of Donaghadee, 1901
3 PRONI VAL/12E/121/2/1-3 Valuation town plan of Donaghadee, 1908-35
4 PRONI VAL/3G/69/2/1-3 Valuation town plan of Donaghadee, 1932-56
5 PRONI VAL/3G/69/1/1-3 Valuation town plan of Donaghadee, 1934-43

Secondary sources
1 Hugh Dixon, Ken Kenmuir and Jill Kennett, ‘Historic buildings…Donaghadee and Portpatrick’ (Belfast, 1977), p.26

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

A. Style
B. Proportion
C. Ornamentation
H-. Alterations detracting from building
J. Setting
K. Group value

Criteria for listing: historic interest

X. Local Interest

Evaluation

Mildly picturesque, low two storey Victorian stuccoed semi-detached house of 1869, with typical features of the period including large gabled half-dormers, canted bay, roof overhang and decorative barges.