19 Bow Street

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Two storey terrace house set in the S side of the centre of Bow Street, to the NE of Donaghadee town centre.

Front N facade has a slightly left of centre panelled door with plain fanlight. To the right of this is a large elliptical arch headed carriage entrance, with ‘in and out’ voissoirs and timber sheeted double doors. To the left of the house doorway is a sash window.

To the first floor are four, evenly spaced sash windows with Georgian panes. The front facade is finished in lined render with chamfered quoins (to E side only).

The rear is dominated by a large recent looking, single storey extension, with a modern window and plain timber sheeted door to its exposed W face. This extension has a mono-pitched roof with pan tiles.

To the rear of the main house there are two sash windows to left and right, with a central larger window now with modern frame. The rear facade of the main house is finished in plain render.

The main roof is gabled and covered in highly unsuitable pan tiles. Two rendered chimney stacks. Cast iron rw goods to front, PVC to rear.

Historical information

Houses are indicated on this site on the map of Donaghadee prepared for Daniel De la Cherois in c.1780 and are also shown on the OS Maps of the 1800s. . The owner also has deeds dating back to 1770.

The valuation records of c.1836 state that the ‘house and yard’ were then in the possession of a Robert Grey and had a rateable value of £3-8-0.

References- Primary sources

1. ‘A map of the town of Donaghadee...’ [c.1771-90]. [This map was prepared for Daniel De la Cherois, who inherited much of the town and its hinterland in 1771. As Daniel died in 1790, the map can thus be dated tosome time between 1771-90. At some point someone has written on the map ‘about 1780’, a date which may be accurate.]
2. PRONI VAL 1B/32 p.3 1st valuation, Donaghadee parish, Donaghadee., c.1836. [See also accompanying town plan.]
3. PRONI OS Maps 1st rev. 1858-60, Co. Down 3.
4. PRONI 2nd (‘Griffith’s’) valuation Donaghadee parish, Donaghadee, 1863. [The town plan for the 2nd valuation is not available at PRONI and therefore it is difficult to match the properties listed in the valuation with actual buildings.]

Secondary sources

1. Hugh Dixon et al Historic buildings, groups of buildings, buildings of architectural importance in Donaghadee and Portpatrick (UAHS 1977), p.20.

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

A. Style
B. Proportion
C. Ornamentation
D. Plan Form
H-. Alterations detracting from building
I. Quality and survival of Interior

Criteria for listing: historic interest

X. Local Interest

Evaluation

Early two storey terrace house, with large carriage arch, of probable mid to late eighteenth century origin. This is an important local building with historical and social importance.