Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB24/04/080 A

Address :
11A Main Street Greyabbey Newtownards Co. Down BT22 2NE

Townland:
Greyabbey

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Survey 2:
B2

Date of Listing:
20/12/1976 00:00:00

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Shop

Former Use
House

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
149/15

IG Ref:
J5796 6793

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Owner Category

Commercial

Exterior Description And Setting

Small, low, two storey terrace shop of possible mid 19th century construction, with recent shop front. The property is set on the SE side of Main Street, Greyabbey. The main roof and return roof are both gabled and covered with Bangor blue slates. The front facade is finished in lined render, the rear return in rough cast. Cast iron rw goods. The front (NW) elevation is asymmetrical. To the ground floor of the front is a recently installed, but traditional looking, shop front with a recessed glazed door with fanlight and sidelight, to the left, and a large multi pane adjoining shop window to the right. Projecting painted timber sign above shop front with raised gold lettering. To the first floor are two plain sash windows. To the rear is a long two storey gabled return with various loft and window openings (part of this return belongs to No.11).

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

The OS maps of 1834 and c.1860 show a building roughly on this site, though it is difficult to be certain. References- Primary sources 1 PRONI OS/6/3/11/1 OS maps, Down 11, 1834 2 'Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland Vol.7: Parishes of County Down II', ed. Angelique Day and Patrick McWilliams (QUB 1991), pp.67-72 [1834] 3 PRONI VAL/1B/33 1st valuation, Greyabbey, c.1834-38 4 PRONI VAL/1D/3/17 Valuation plan, Greyabbey, c.1838 5 PRONI VAL/2B/3/4 Second valuation, Greyabbey, c.1859 6 PRONI VAL/2D/3/10 Second valuation plan, Greyabbey, 1859 7 PRONI VAL/2B/3/4 Second valuation, Greyabbey, c.1859 8 PRONI VAL/2D/3/ Second valuation plan, Greyabbey, 1859 9 PRONI OS/6/3/11/2 OS maps, Down 11, 1860 10 PRONI VAL/12B/23/16a-f Annual valuation revision books, Greyabbey, 1866-1930 11 PRONI VAL/12E/99/1 Valuation plan, Greyabbey, 1906-35 12 UFTM W.A. Green Collection WAG 3038 Photograph of Main Street Greyabbey looking south west

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

A. Style B. Proportion C. Ornamentation H-. Alterations detracting from building K. Group value

Historic Interest

X. Local Interest

Evaluation

Small, low, two storey terrace shop of possible mid 19th century construction, with recent shop front.

General Comments

Date of Survey

27 November 1997