Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB24/05/027

Address :
204 Abbey Road Ballyfrenis Millisle Newtownards Co. Down BT22 2DH

Townland:
Ballyfrenis

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Demolished

Former Use
House

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
Demolished

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OS Map No:
132/15

IG Ref:
J5800 7423

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

Site of former single storey semi detached house on W side of the Abbey Road in the small hamlet of Ballyfrenis, demolished c.1982 with modern dwelling now in place. The house to the immediate S has been partly demolished. Description from 1st Survey: " Single storey cottage. Roof slated, gable ends. Chimneys rendered. Wall rendered and painted white. 2 D/H windows, Georgian panes and central sheeted door."

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

A building is shown on this site on the OS Map of 1858-60 which may have corresponded with the house demolished in recent times. References- Primary sources 1 PRONI Ordnance Survey Maps 1st Revision 1858-60, Down 6. 2 PRONI ‘Griffith’s’ valuation for the townland of Ballyfrenis (Parish of Donaghadee) 1863. Secondary sources 1 Grace Seymour 'Echoes of Millisle and district' (Rathfriland ?c.1980), pp.87-92 [Notes on the history of Ballfrenis Td.].

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Site of former single storey dwelling of probable mid nineteenth century origin, demolished c.1982 with modern house now in place

General Comments

Date of Survey

12 March 1998