Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Portavo House
Portavoe, Council not recorded, Northern Ireland
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
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1866 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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
- House near [?32] Stockbridge RoadHouseunder 1 mi
- 39 Stockbridge RoadHouseunder 1 mi
- The Stone HouseHouseunder 1 mi
- [?2] Stockbridge RoadHouseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.