Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB24/04/023

Address :
17 Ballywalter Road Black Abbey Greyabbey Newtownards Co. Down BT22 2RF

Townland:
Black Abbey

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
House

Former Use
House

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
149/16

IG Ref:
J6040 6810

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

Largely plain, two storey gabled farm house of c.1860s, modernise' in recent years with the introduction of PVC windows and a large conservatory-like PVC porch to front. The property is located roughly 2 miles north east of Greyabbey, just off the Ballywalter Road. Main house finished in lined render with chamfered quoins, plinth and eaves course to gables. Roof of main house pitched with Bangor blue slates, narrow rendered parapets and two rendered chimney stacks to gables. Mixture of cast iron and PVC rw goods. Front N elevation is roughly symmetrical and has an almost central hipped roof PVC conservatory/porch covering the original elliptical arched doorway. To left of conservatory is a window with PVC frame, with one to right and three, slightly smaller, to first floor. The E gable has square three pane PVC window to right on first floor. The W gable has PVC window to left on ground floor, similar to that on ground floor front. To the rear there is a full height return / extension with a low pitch gabled roof (probably felt covered) and PVC windows of various sizes. Extensions finished in pebbledash with recessed rendered base. Lean-to conservatory-like extension on E side of main extension, with PVC door, large corner window and felt roof. Various PVC windows, similar to front, at rear of main house. Mainly modern farm buildings to rear.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

A longer building appears on this site on the OS map of 1834. This house may have been built c.1860. When first surveyed in 1971 this property still had its original sash windows, but it has been modernised recently. References- Primary sources 1 PRONI OS/6/3/12/1 Ordnance Survey Maps, 1834, Co. Down 12 2 PRONI VAL/1B/33 1st valuation, Greyabbey, c.1834-38 3 PRONI VAL/2B/3/4 Second valuation, Greyabbey, c.1859 4 PRONI OS/6/3/21/2 Ordnance Survey Maps, 1st Revision, c.1860 Co. Down 12 5 PRONI VAL/12B/23/16a-f Annual valuation revision books, Greyabbey, 1866-1930

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Plain two storey farmhouse of perhaps c.1860, now 'modernised' with inclusion of a large PVC porch / conservatory to front, large extensions rear and PVC windows throughout.

General Comments

Date of Survey

26 November 1997