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Cronstown Farm

Cronstown, Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cronstown Farm, Ards and North Down, 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
Record Only
Type
Demolished
Date of construction
1860 - 1879
Address
Cronstown Farm, Cronstown Road, Cronstown, Newtownards, Co Down, BT23 3QS
Townland
Cronstown
Council
Ards and North Down
Country
Northern Ireland
Coordinates
54.60612, -5.65860
Date of survey
10 June 1998
HB reference
HB24/09/020

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

3 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1854 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1854 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 2. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1866 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Site (at the NW end of a very long country lane, off the Cronstown Road, c.1.5 miles ENE of Newtownards) of a former one and a half storey farm house, now demolished (?c.1990) with new dwelling now in place.

Description from 1st Survey card " 1+ half sty house. Roof slated, gable ends. Chimneys rendered and lined. Bevel base. W front has 2 Gr/Fl D/H windows, horiz astragals and central "Ards" doorway; pilaster jambs, plain s/c archivolt and keystone, plain fanlight, glazed and panelled door. F/Fl and Gr/Fl D/H windows in south gable. Adjoining and adjacent farm buildings."

Historical information

A building is shown on part this site on the OS Map of 1834, however, its plan does not match the house which was standing here until recently. The revised map of 1858-60 shows much the same arrangement as 1834, suggesting therefore that the former house on this site was probably largely post 1860 in construction. The building was demolished c.1990.

There is no mention of the property in the valuation records of c.1836, suggesting it was well below rateable value and therefore probably (if indeed a dwelling) quite a modest structure.

References- Primary sources
1 PRONI OS Maps 1st ed. 1834, Co. Down 6.
2 PRONI VAL 1B/31 p.30 1st valuation Newtownards parish, Cronstown Td. (c.1836).
3 PRONI OS Maps 1st rev. 1858-60, Co. Down 6.
4 PRONI 2nd (‘Griffith’s’) valuation, Newtownards parish, Cronstown Td. 1863.

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Site of former one and a half storey farm house of c.1860s, now completely demolished (?c.1990) with new modern dwelling 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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