Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
43 High Street
Newtownards, Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Shop
- Date of construction
- 1820 - 1839
- Address
- 43 High Street, Newtownards, Co. Down, BT23 3HS
- Townland
- Newtownards
- Council
- Ards and North Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.59268, -5.69450
- Date of survey
- 14 September 1998
- HB reference
- HB24/13/010
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1794 "Sheet 55. (Cary's England, Wales, and Scotland)." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
Two storey three bay terraced shop (occupied 2018 by Barclays bank). To the left on the ground floor front (N) façade is a large modern shop front with large picture window, ATM, PVC signage, modern glazed door etc. To the right of this is an elliptical arch headed carriage entrance with timber sheeted double doors. To the first floor are three windows now with modern top hung frames made to resemble sash with Georgian panes. The façade is covered in lined painted render.
No access to the rear.
The roof is partly covered in Bangor blue slates. No chimney stacks. PVC rw goods.
Historical information
This site is shown occupied on all maps of Newtownards from Colvill’s plan of 1720 onwards. Until fairly recently the present building had an ‘Ards’ doorway (to the centre), a traditional shop front (to the left) and an altogether early to mid 19th century appearance, but has been modernised [?c.1990].
References- Primary sources
1 ‘The town and tenements of Newtown in the County of Down...1720’ reprinted in Trevor McCavery 'Newtown: a history of Newtownards' (Dundonald 1994) p.79. Though the author of this book gives no reference as to this map, the original is undoubtedly belongs to the Colville estate maps contained within to the Londonderry Papers [PRONI D.654/M1A].
2 PRONI D.654 Londonderry Papers.
3 Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland Vol.7: Parishes of County Down II, ed. Angelique Day and Patrick McWilliams (QUB 1991), pp.105-106.
4 PRONI OS Maps 1st ed. 1834, Co. Down 6.
5 PRONI VAL 1B/34 1st valuation Newtownards parish, Newtownards, c.1836 (see also associated town plan).
6 PRONI OS Maps 1st rev. 1858-60, Co. Down 6.
7 PRONI 2nd valuation, Newtownards parish, Newtownards 1863. [The town plan to accompany the 2nd valuation does not appear to be held at PRONI thus making it difficult to match the information contained within the written record with actual buildings.]
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
Two storey terraced shop (with house) of probable early to mid 19th century construction. Major alterations to ground floor with modern shop front and interior. The building does not meet the test for listing. It retains however its original form, carriage arch and upper floor appearance (albeit with modern windows), and is of significant local interest making a valuable contribution to the streetscape.
Nearby in the register
- 39 High StreetDemolishedunder 1 mi
- 44 High StreetShopunder 1 mi
- 61-63 High StreetShopunder 1 mi
- Old Market CrossMarketunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.