Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB24/04/085

Address :
93-95 Main Street Greyabbey Newtownards Co. Down BT22 2NE

Townland:
Greyabbey

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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:
Yes

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
Yes

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OS Map No:
149/15

IG Ref:
J5817 6817

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

Non-identical pair of single storey terrace dwellings of possible pre 1834 construction, now derelict. The pair is set on the south east side of Main Street, Greyabbey. The front NW elevation of No.97 (to the left) is asymmetrical with a left of centre dilapidated timber stable door with fanlight (without glass). There is one window opening to the left of this doorway, with two to the right, all are boarded. There is a modern garage attached to the NE gable and a small attic window opening high in the exposed section of the gable. No.95 has a central doorway with plain sheeted timber door and a glassless fanlight. There is a single window opening to both left and right of the doorway, both of which are boarded. Both houses are finished in rough cast render with a corrugated asbestos pitched roof and three rendered chimney stacks. No.95 has a cast iron down spout and some dilapidated guttering. There was no access to the rear. The entire block is in very poor condition.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

There are buildings shown on this site on the 1834 OS Map which may well correspond with the block we see today. It is possible that these are two of the ‘ground floor’ houses referred to in the OS Memoirs description of Greyabbey of c.1835. 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 Secondary sources. 1 Bob Trayte, ‘The Greyabbey and village’ in 'Journal of the Upper Ards Historical Society No.16' (1992), pp.2-4 [This article contains a photograph of Main Street looking NE dating from c.1910, showing rows of single storey dwellings many of which have since been demolished.]

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Non-identical pair of single storey terrace dwellings of possible pre 1834 construction, now derelict.

General Comments

Date of Survey

27 November 1997