Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB24/11/011

Address :
1-14 Circular Road Newtownards Co. Down BT23 4BN

Townland:
Newtownards

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Demolished

Former Use
House - Terrace

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
Demolished

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OS Map No:
131/15

IG Ref:
J4825 7391

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

Site of former terrace of fourteen two storey houses built possibly c.1850 and demolished c.1988, with recently built terrace (c.1989) now on site. Description from 1st Survey card " 2 sty terrace of 14 houses. Roof slated but corr/asbestos over nos 3,2 & 1. Chimneys rendered but rustic brick at nos 2 & 1. Wall rendered and lined but nos 14,13 & 1 also painted. F/fl cill course and bevel stone base from nos 14 to 6 . Bevel stone quoins at LH end. Windows varied within same shape - D/H, Georgian panes - horiz astragals, no astragals and recent casements. Doorways of 3 types (a) pilasters with lintel frieze and block pediment, (b) s/c arch head, bevel jointed surround, 3 keystones, (c) s/c plain archivolt & keystone on blocked pilasters. All in stonework. Doors also vary - sheeted & recent. Between nos 9 & 8, a coachway, elliptic arch head, bevelled in and out band. Stone surround. Sheeted doors."

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

The former terrace on this site was built (possibly) in c.1850s. The terrace was demolished c.1988 and new houses built on the site shortly afterwards. References- Primary sources. 1 PRONI Ordnance Survey Maps 1st Edition 1833/4, Co. Down 5. 2 PRONI Ordnance Survey Maps 1st Revision 1858-60, Co. Down 5. 3 PRONI 2nd (‘Griffith’s’) valuation, Parish of Newtownards, Corporation South, 1863.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Former two storey terrace of probable mid nineteenth century origin, demolished c.1988 with a new terrace now on site.

General Comments

Date of Survey

09 April 1998