Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB24/07/066

Address :
22 High Street Donaghadee County Down BT21 0AH

Townland:
Donaghadee

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Shop

Former Use
House

Conservation Area:
Yes

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
Yes

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OS Map No:
132-04

IG Ref:
J5904 7988

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

Small, plain, two-storey terraced shop with apartment over, of probable mid 18th century construction and originally part of the large neighbouring three-storey formal house to the south-east. The ground floor was formerly an open carriage entrance, which was enclosed c.1840s. The property is set on the north-eastern side of Main Street, in Donaghadee town centre. To the north-west side is the forecourt of the First Presbyterian Church; to the south-east is the larger block to which this building appears to have originally belonged. To the rear there is a large open yard; this is shared with the adjoining block and is accessed off Townhall Lane. The front façade faces south-west, for ease of description this is referred to as west; orientations of all other facades are similarly ‘corrected’. The building is single-fronted. A c.1980s style shop front fills the ground floor level; this has a solid steel roller shutter with a projecting box. Above is an off-centre plastic signboard. To the centre of the first floor there is a flat-headed window opening with a 1/1, timber sash frame. The ground floor advances slightly. The north gable is finished with plain render and is blank. To the rear, the original east façade is almost entirely obscured with a later two-storey return; this was recently partly demolished. Openings to the return are all boarded over. The main roof is pitched with fibre cement slates. A rendered chimneystack rises on the apex of the gable; this has a corbelled cap and clay pot. The exposed verges are clipped, without overhangs. The roof to the return is pitched and covered with natural slate. Rainwater goods are part missing, those remaining are uPVC. The front wall is finished with roughcast render. A small exposed area of the rear wall is un-rendered, revealing random rubble construction. Walls to the return are finished with plain un-painted render.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

This site appears to be shown developed on a map of Donaghadee believed to date from c.1700, although, given the nature of this particular map, it is difficult to be certain. On a map of c.1771-90 a large building noticeably 'deeper' than the rest of the terrace is shown on the site of nos.22-24, indicating that both were probably standing at that point. This is supported by the appearance (and internal detailing) of no.24 which suggests it is mid 18th century, possibly 1730s-40s. As the rubble walling of no.22 ties in with its larger neighbour, it is likely that it is of the same date. Both are shown on the OS map of 1834, and clearly delineated as one property on the valuation town plan of c.1838. At this point the whole building was a private dwelling in the hands of a Samuel Cochrane, and the map indicates that the ground floor of the present no.22 was taken up with a carriage arch, allowing access to the large yard at the rear. This archway was filled in some time between the latter date and c.1860, and a two storey return (recently partly demolished) built to the rear. In the c.1863 valuation what is now no.22 is recorded as the same size as present (8yds x 8 x 2[storeys]) and described as a 'front office'. By this date the building was occupied by a Catherine McMinn who remained there until 1879 when the lease was purchased 'by John McGowan for £540.' McGowan seems to have sub-let what became no.22, however, as a Mary White is noted as resident from 1879-95, followed by a Richard A. Rogers (1895-1900), James McHarry (to 1903), Agnes McNarry (to 1915), Lizzie McNarry (to 1916), William Kearney (1916-28), and James Kearney (until c.1933). In 1935 the lease of both sections of the building was acquired by Donaghadee Urban District Council, who converted the main three-storey block (no.24) for use as the town hall, with no.22 remaining as a separate unit let to Agnes Kearney. It remained a separate property (latterly a bakery) until c.2005. References- Primary sources 1 Map of Donaghadee, c.1700 [The original of this is in the Manor House in the town. There is a reproduction of the map in 'Two Centuries of Life in Down', by John Stevenson, (Belfast, 1920, reprinted by White Row Press, 1990) 2 'A Map of the Town of Donaghadee...', c.1771-90 [The original of this is in the Manor House also, but it too is reproduced in 'Two Centuries of Life in Down'.] 3 Manor House, Donaghadee, Drawing of Donaghadee Harbour by Samuel De la Cherois, 1817 [The rear of no.24 can be seen in this drawing.] 4 Manor House, Donaghadee, Painting (watercolour) of Donaghadee harbour, 1834 [The rear of no.24 can be seen in this drawing.] 4 PRONI VAL1B/32 First valuation, Donaghadee parish, c.1834-c.1838 5 PRONI VAL1D/3/16 Valuation town plan of Donaghadee, c.1838 6 PRONI VAL2D/3/10 Valuation town plan of Donaghadee, c.1861-63 7 PRONI VAL2B/3/3B Second valuation, Donaghadee parish, c.1861-63 8 PRONI VAL12B/23/13A Annual valuation revision book, Donaghadee ED, 1866-81 9 PRONI VAL12B/23/13B Annual valuation revision book, Donaghadee ED, 1881-82 10 PRONI VAL12B/23/13C Annual valuation revision book, Donaghadee ED, 1881-82 11 PRONI VAL12B/23/13D Annual valuation revision book, Donaghadee ED, 1883-94 12 PRONI VAL12B/23/13E Annual valuation revision book, Donaghadee ED, 1883-94 13 PRONI VAL12B/23/13F Annual valuation revision book, Donaghadee ED, 1895-1905 14 PRONI VAL12B/23/15A Annual valuation revision book, Donaghadee Urban ED, 1906-15 15 PRONI VAL12E/121/2 Valuation town plan of Donaghadee, 1908 [-1935] 16 PRONI VAL12B/23/15B Annual valuation revision book, Donaghadee Urban ED, 1921-30 17 PRONI VAL3B/4/ First General Revaluation of Northern Ireland, Donaghadee Urban ED, 1935 18 PRONI VAL3C/4/11 First General Revaluation of Northern Ireland, Donaghadee Urban ED, 1936-56 19 PRONI VAL4B/3/29 Second General Revaluation of Northern Ireland, Donaghadee Urban ED, 1956-72

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Narrow mid eighteenth century block that once belonged to the neighbouring large Georgian house. Unfortunately it has been substantially altered both externally and internally and its architectural interest has thus been diminished.

General Comments

Date of Survey

30 June 2009