Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
7 Railway Street,
Comber, Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- House
- Date of construction
- 1880 - 1899
- Address
- 7 Railway Street,, Comber,, Co. Down, BT23 5HG
- Townland
- Comber
- Council
- Ards and North Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.55140, -5.75510
- Date of survey
- 30 April 1999
- HB reference
- HB24/15/091
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1866 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
Two storey terrace house of c.1880 set near the N end of the W side of Railway Street.
Front (E) façade has a panelled door, with spoked fanlight, to the right with a window with modern frame to the left. Two similar windows to the first floor with band joining cills. The lower half of the façade is finished in lined render, the upper half in plain render, with the whole façade painted.
To the left at the rear is a large, two storey lean to with a modern window to the ground floor and to the first floor. Attached to the right of this large lean to is a small, single storey lean to with glazed door and sidelight. Directly above this, to the first floor of the main rear façade is a window as front. The rear is finished in unpainted plain render.
The roof is covered in asbestos free slates with a recently rebuilt red brick chimney stack. Two Velux windows to the rear PVC rw goods. Low rendered wall with railings to front.
This house was recently gutted and completely renovated.
Historical information
As its name suggests, Railway Street was laid out in the wake of the arrival of the BCDR line in 1850. By 1858 the northern half of the street had appeared as far as where the present No.45 now stands, but no building along it had occurred. Judging by the style of the present terraces, most (if not all) of the construction work took place after 1870 and, with the exception of the semi-detached Andrew’s mill supervisors dwellings at the south end, was complete by 1901. This house is no exception and probably dates from c.1880.
Was the house to the south once part of this property?
References- Primary sources
1 PRONI OS/6/3/10/3 OS map 1st rev. 1858-60, Down 10.
2 PRONI OS/2/3/10 OS map 2nd ed. 1901, Down 10.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
Plain two storey terrace house of c.1880, now completely renovated and sporting modern window frames, asbestos free slates and Velux roof lights.
Nearby in the register
- 1-5 Railway Street,Public Houseunder 1 mi
- 9 Railway Street,Houseunder 1 mi
- Masonic Hall,Hallunder 1 mi
- 13-15 Railway Street,Houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.