Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Newtownards Priory
Newtownards, Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Religious House
- Date of construction
- Pre 1600
- Address
- Newtownards Priory, Court Square, Newtownards, Co. Down, BT23 3NY
- Townland
- Newtownards
- Council
- Ards and North Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.59095, -5.69227
- Date of survey
- 09 September 1998
- HB reference
- HB24/13/045
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
Substantial ruined remains of a rubble built 13th century priory church, extended in the 14th and 15 centuries and partly rebuilt with tower added in the early 1600s. This building is now in state care. See SMR Dow 6:18.
Historical information
This former Dominican priory was founded in the mid 1200s with the building extended in the 14th and 15th centuries. The north aisle was reconstructed in the early 1600s at which time the tower was added. See SMR Dow 6:18.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
This structure, comprising the substantial ruined remains of a 13th century priory church, extended in the 14th and 15th centuries with north aisle rebuilt and tower added in the early 1600s, is a Scheduled Monument in State Care and therefore afforded the highest level of statutory protection.
Nearby in the register
- 75-77 COURT ST. NEWTOWNARDS CO.DOWNHOUSEunder 1 mi
- 10 COURT SQUARE NEWTOWNARDS CO. DOWNHOUSEunder 1 mi
- 71 COURT ST. NEWTOWNARDS CO. DOWNHOUSEunder 1 mi
- 6-9 Court SquareDemolishedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.