Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB24/10/006

Address :
Chimney Stack Crawfordsburn Road Newtownards BT23

Townland:
Newtownards

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Demolished

Former Use
Mill

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
Yes

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
Demolished

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OS Map No:
131/15

IG Ref:
J4835 7500

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

Site of former free standing chimney stack, on the side of the Crawfordsburn Road on the N edge of Newtownards. Demolished c.1975 as part of housing development on site. Description from 1st Survey card " Chimney stack some 40 ft high, free standing in field alongside main roadway. Square on plan with battered walls of Scrabo stone, with corbelled cornice and blocking course. About 6 ft square at base."

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

This chimney does not appear to be indicated on the OS Map of 1834 or the revised map of c.1860, however, it was described in the original survey of October 1972 as being square in plan, battered and built of Scrabo stone, all of which could suggest an early nineteenth century structure. What the chimney was associated with also remains a mystery, though the presence of a former corn mill complex on the opposite side of the Crawfordsburn Road may have had some connection with it. References- Primary sources 1 PRONI Ordnance Survey Maps, 1st Edition, 1834, Co. Down 6. 2 PRONI Ordnance Survey Maps, 1st Revision, 1860, Co. Down 6.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Site of former chimney stack of possible early nineteenth century origin (though seemingly not indictaed on earliest OS Map), now demolished.

General Comments

Date of Survey

11 February 1998