Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB24/07/050

Address :
Former Old Forge Hotel Millisle Road Miller Hill Donaghadee Co. Down

Townland:
Miller Hill

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Survey 2:
Record Only

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

Date of De-listing:
25/05/1988 00:00:00

Current Use:
Demolished

Former Use
Country House

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
Demolished

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OS Map No:
132/8

IG Ref:
J5930 7752

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Owner Category

Exterior Description And Setting

Site (on a rise to the W of the Millisle Road c.1 mile S of Donaghadee) of a former substantial gentleman’s residence described in 1977 as ‘a large stucco, mid-Victorian two storey Italianate villa in the manner of Thomas Jackson with a roguish, shallow porch boldly carved and sporting a coat of arms amidst stucco fish-scale tiles; coupled windows, bold bracketed cornice, high chimneys’.The house was demolished c.1986 and a modern nursing home has since been built on the site.

Architects

Historical Information

The former residence on this site appears to have been built c.1870-80 (it is not shown on the 1858-60 OS Map) by William Carmichael of Millisle and was originally named ‘Rathmona’. The Carmichaels’s sold the property in 1888 and afterwards the house had a succession of owners including Robert Corry (of the timber merchant family), the distillery owner, John McConnell, Mr. D. Reid M.P. and Major Heyn shipping family. In more recent times the residence (which at some point had had its name changed to ‘Croagh Patrick’) became a hotel. In 1981 the building was gutted by a fire and later demolished. Its site is now occupied by a modern nursing home built in c.1986/7. References- Primary sources 1. PRONI OS Maps 1st rev. 1858-60, Co. Down 7. Secondary sources 1. Hugh Dixon et al Historic buildings, groups of buildings, buildings of architectural importance in Donaghadee and Portpatrick (UAHS 1977), p.30. 2. Grace Seymour Echoes of Millisle and district (?Rathfriland ?1983), pp.130-31

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Site of former large Italianate gentleman’s residence of c.1870-80, demolished c.1982 with modern nursing home constructed in place.

General Comments

Date of Survey

08 May 1998