Macedon House, 349 Shore Road, Newtownabbey, Co Antrim is a Grade D1 Record Only listed building in the Antrim and Newtownabbey local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.
Macedon House, 349 Shore Road, Newtownabbey, Co Antrim
- WRENN ID
- muted-stronghold-indigo
- Grade
- D1 Record Only
- Local Planning Authority
- Antrim and Newtownabbey
- Constituency
- Belfast North MP: John Finucane (SF)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Irish grid reference
- J 354 812
- Coordinates
- 54.66072, -5.90174
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
Macedon House was a two-storey rendered house situated on Shore Road, Newtownabbey, Co Antrim. Alexander George Stewart rebuilt an earlier house and named it Macedon in order to style himself "Alexander of Macedon." The house was sold in 1802 to Cunningham Greg, who subsequently added to it. Later occupants included John Cunningham, James Cunningham J.P., and William Henry McLaughlin in 1902, and it was also used as Dr Barnardo's House.
The six-bay façade of the building broke forward at the centre and was fronted by a porch with two canopies. The lower windows on the façade were Georgian sash windows, while the upper windows were casement type. A pergola was located on either side of the porch. The slated roof featured five gables on the south elevation, which was also distinguished by a canopy supported by brackets and balconies at first-floor level on the outer bays. The north side retained an aedicule with windows above at the corner. A courtyard at the rear was accessed through an elliptical archway.
Internally, the house featured moulded plaster ceilings, a cast iron stair balustrade, and a landing with decorative elements including Gothic detailing, depictions of Royal Arms, and further unspecified ornamentation. A porch and central crenellation were added after 1909.
Local climate
Macedon House, 349 Shore Road, Newtownabbey, Co Antrim sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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