Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB24/09/033

Address :
Mile post [next to 50 Frances Street] Newtownards Co Down BT23 3DY

Townland:
Newtownards

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Survey 2:
B2

Date of Listing:
13/03/2002 00:00:00

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Milestone

Former Use
Milestone

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
Yes

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
131/16

IG Ref:
J4920 7414

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Owner Category

Exterior Description And Setting

Cast iron milepost of c.1817 next to No.50 Frances Street with domed top and spelling out (in moulded characters) the distances to Belfast (8 miles) and Donaghadee (6 miles). The post is generally in good condition though it would need repainting, possibly in what may have been the original painting scheme of black characters on a white background.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

This milepost probably dates from c.1817 when the new coach road from Belfast was opened. References- Secondary sources 1 W.A. McCutcheon 'The industrial archaeology of Northern Ireland' (HMSO 1980), pp.12, plate 4 etc. 2 Trevor McCavery 'Newtown: a history of Newtownards' (Dundonald 1994), pp.105-7. 3 Fred Hammond “Communications in Co. Down” in 'Down- History and Society' ed. Lindsay Proudfoot (Dublin 1997), pp.599-628. 4 J.T. Fulton 'The roads of Co. Down 1600-1900' (QUB Phd. thesis 1972).

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

A. Style

Historic Interest

Y. Social, Cultural or Economic Importance Z. Rarity X. Local Interest

Evaluation

Cast iron milepost of c.1817 still in good condition, but in need of a more suitable painting scheme.

General Comments

Date of Survey

11 June 1998