Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB23/03/016 B

Address :
7 Waverley Drive Bangor Co Down BT20 5LD

Townland:
Ballyholme

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Survey 2:
B2

Date of Listing:
23/07/2012 00:00:00

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:
116/09

IG Ref:
J5173 8213

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

A 1 ½ storey two-bay attached Victorian dwelling built c1890. Square plan with return to the rear. Located in the suburban Ballyholme Ward, east of Bangor town centre and south of the Esplanade. Natural slate pitched roof with clay ridge tile with skews; decorative barge boards to dormers with finials. Replacement uPVC rainwater goods; smooth render chimney with tall hexagonal clay pots. Ruled-and-lined rendered walling; projected plinth and corbel course. Timber sliding sash windows with deep stones cills; round-arched 2/2 sliding sash windows to first floor level. Four-panel bolection moulded timber front door; brass ironmongery (painted) and round- arched fixed light over; embraced by plain surrounds with stucco moulded plinth blocks and cornice course; central chamfered key-block. Boot scraper located adjacent to the front door. The principal elevation faces west and is asymmetrical with the front door located on the right hand side and a plain single-storey canted bay on the left; single continuous cill course around bay. Paired matching wall-headed dormers at first floor level; finial over right dormer only. The left gable is abutted by adjoining building. (HB23/03/016A) The rear elevation has a single ground floor window and wall-head dormer window (with no barge-boards) to the right hand bay. The left hand bay is abutted by a two-storey gabled return. The return has various sized window openings, some uPVC double glazed casement replacements to the ground floor. The return gable has a single wide opening on the ground floor with rear stable door adjacent; single window to left side first floor. The right gable is abutted by adjoining building 9 Waverley Drive. Setting The site is bounded at the front by a rendered wall and timber gated access flanked by concrete piers. The rear of the site is overlooked by a two-storey dwelling built c.1930, beyond which lies the former associated stables (now converted). The grounds to the front and rear are well maintained. The rear yard is accessed via a narrow passage. The general
setting is two/three storey detached, semi-detached and apartment dwellings of various ages and styles. Roofing: Natural slate Walling: Render Windows: Timber / uPVC RWG: uPVC

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

The current house is one of a semi-detached pair that are first shown on the third edition OS map of 1901. Around the turn of the twentieth century, Bangor began to expand eastwards into Ballyholme with the appearance of numerous villas and small terraces at this time. Patton dates the two houses to c1890 and field inspection appears to support this view. (Patton, p.207) The current owners state that the houses were originally built as stewards’ houses for the Dufferin estate and an adjoining three-storey farmhouse, also shown on the 1901 map, was built at the same time. (Owner information) Stables at the rear of the two houses are now in separate ownership and have been converted for domestic use. References: Primary Sources 1. PRONI OS/6/3/2/3 – Third Edition OS Map 1901 2. PRONI OS/6/3/2/4 – Fourth Edition OS Map 1919-26 3. PRONI OS/6/3/2/5 – Fifth Edition OS Map 1939 Secondary Sources 1. Owner information 2. Patton, M, “Bangor, An Historical Gazetteer” Belfast: Ulster Architectural Heritage Society, 1999

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

A. Style B. Proportion C. Ornamentation D. Plan Form H-. Alterations detracting from building I. Quality and survival of Interior

Historic Interest

X. Local Interest V. Authorship

Evaluation

A 1 ½ storey two-bay semi-detached Victorian dwelling built c1890. Erected as a pair, these houses are some of the earliest built in the area. Typical in style and proportions of buildings of the period and of local and historic interest being former steward’s houses belonging to the Dufferin Estate. Internally much of historic character and value survives The former stables and adjoining three-storey farmhouse, all form part of the original complex, although modified and of significantly less interest. This pair is a good example of the type and their association with a major Estate is of interest.

General Comments

Within Bangor East Area of Townscape Character

Date of Survey

02 November 2010