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Portavo House

Portavoe, Council not recorded, Northern Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Portavo House, Portavoe, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation
Record only (not listed)
Grade
D1 Record Only
Type
Demolished
Date of construction
1880 - 1899
Address
Portavo House, Warren Road, Portavoe, Donaghadee, Co Down, BT21 0PL
Townland
Portavoe
Council
Council not recorded
Country
Northern Ireland
Coordinates
54.66237, -5.58088
Date of survey
15 February 2001
HB reference
HB24/06/022

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

3 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1866 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1866 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1883 · Scotland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

This building was surveyed in the First Survey but not listed. Only a Partial Survey was taken during the Second Survey as the building has been demolished.

Site of a former country house built in two phases, the large two to three-storey return a remnant of an 1820s (and earlier) mansion largely destroyed by fire in 1844, with the two-storey over basement front section added in 1881. The building was demolished in the 2000s and replaced with a new residence sited a short distance to the southwest. The extensive remains of the basement level of the 1820s house remain in place.

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

This building was surveyed in the First Survey but not listed. Only a Partial Survey was taken during the Second Survey as the building has been demolished.

Site of a former country house built in two phases, the large two to three-storey return a remnant of an 1820s (and earlier) mansion largely destroyed by fire in 1844, with the two-storey over basement front section added in 1881. The building was demolished in the 2000s and replaced with a new residence sited a short distance to the southwest. The extensive remains of the basement level of the 1820s house remain 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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