Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
44A William Street
Newtownards, Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- House
- Date of construction
- 1840 - 1859
- Address
- 44A William Street, Newtownards, Co. Down, BT23 4EJ
- Townland
- Newtownards
- Council
- Ards and North Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.59651, -5.70278
- Date of survey
- 11 February 1998
- HB reference
- HB24/10/002
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 3 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1838 "Ireland, north sheet." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
Small single storey terraced house roughly in the centre of the W side of William Street, in the NW corner of Newtownards.
Front E facade has a right of centre timber panelled door with plain stone surround, two modern windows to the left and one to the right. Front facade rendered.
Most of the rear is taken up with an ugly lean to with modern windows, door, corrugated PVC roof, concrete brick etc. Only the extreme right hand side of the original rear of the house is visible, which is rendered with a single sash window.
The front half of the roof is covered in pan tiles whilst the rear still has its original ‘Tullycavey’ slates. Cast iron rw goods to front, PVC to rear.
Historical information
A building is shown on this site on the OS Map of c.1860, but not that of 1834, thus probably dating this building to possibly c.1840.
References- Primary sources
1 PRONI Ordnance Survey Maps, 1st Edition, 1834, Co. Down 6.
2 PRONI VAL 1B/34 1st valuation, Newtownards, c.1835.
3 PRONI Ordnance Survey Maps, 1st Revision, 1860, Co. Down 6.
4 PRONI 2nd valuation, Newtownards, c.1863.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
Small single storey terraced house of possibly c.1840, now much extended at the rear and with an entirely modern interior.
Nearby in the register
- 8 William Street & 2 Corry StreetShop - Terraceunder 1 mi
- 6 William StreetOffice - Terraceunder 1 mi
- 4 William StreetShop - Terraceunder 1 mi
- 2 William StreetOffice - Terraceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.