Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB21/07/002

Address :
Folly at Willowbrook Shore Road Newtownabbey Co Antrim

Townland:
Whiteabbey

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Survey 2:
D1 Record Only

Date of Listing:
09/12/1976 00:00:00

Date of De-listing:
05/08/2010 00:00:00

Current Use:
Demolished

Former Use
Folly

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
Demolished

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OS Map No:
114-10SW

IG Ref:
J3547 8195

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

The site of this building is now vacant. The First Survey card records: 'A folly, of brick and stone construction composed of a crenellated circular tower, wing wall and square turret. After 1833. Ordnance maps, survey of 1832-3 and 1901-2.'

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

Neither the folly nor the associated house 'Willowbrook' appear on the second edition OS map of the 1850s. References: Primary Sources Griffith'sValuation on-line http://griffiths.askaboutireland.ie/gv4/gv_place_search_form.php

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

The folly has been demolished. Site now redeveloped by Ulster Bank.

General Comments

This building is not worthy of a full Second Survey. A partial record has been taken as this building was surveyed in the First Survey but not listed at that time.

Date of Survey

09 October 2008