RUC Station, 15 Main Street, Greyabbey, Newtownards, Co. Down, BT22 2NE is a Grade Record Only listed building in the Ards and North Down local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.
RUC Station, 15 Main Street, Greyabbey, Newtownards, Co. Down, BT22 2NE
- WRENN ID
- dusk-gravel-sable
- Grade
- Record Only
- Local Planning Authority
- Ards and North Down
- Constituency
- Strangford MP: Jim Shannon (DUP)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Address
- RUC Station, 15 Main Street, Greyabbey, Newtownards, Co. Down, BT22 2NE, BT22 2NE
- Irish grid reference
- J 579 679
- Coordinates
- 54.53526, -5.55993
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
A large, plain two-storey gabled house of approximately 1860-70, now serving as a police station, situated on the south-east side of Main Street in Greyabbey. The building comprises a main two-storey section with a smaller single-storey section attached to its north-east side.
The front north-west elevation is finished in rough-cast render and presents a symmetrical composition. At the centre is a timber-panelled door with a plain fanlight, framed by plain pilasters, entablature and cornice. On either side are two sash windows with wrought iron bars. A similar sash window serves the single-storey section to the left. The first floor contains five evenly-spaced sash windows, each with a single horizontal astragal to each sash. Both gables are blank, with the single-storey section attached to the north-east gable.
The rear elevation is unrendered, revealing rubble construction with brick dressings to openings. A central single-storey gabled return projects from this side, featuring decorative barges. A plain modern security door occupies the south-west side of the return, with a modern PVC window to the north-east side. To the left of the return are two ground-floor windows similar to those on the front facade, the far left being slightly narrower. To the right is a modern PVC window. Four first-floor windows are present: the far left is smaller with a modern frame; the second from the left and far right are sash windows matching the front but smaller; the centre window is sash with an elliptical arch head and margin astragals.
The return is roofed with Bangor blue slates and has PVC rainwater goods. An elliptical archway leading to the rear is located at the south-west gable. The main building's chimneys have been removed. Cast iron rainwater goods serve the main structure.
Modern security modifications include a chain-link fence around the front, security glass to windows, metal shutters to front windows, and a tall radio mast to the rear. A tall free-standing flagpole stands to the front. The building does not appear on the 1834 or circa 1860 Ordnance Survey maps and likely dates from circa 1870. The presence of metal shutters to the front windows suggests it has served as a police station for most of the twentieth century.
Local climate
RUC Station, 15 Main Street, Greyabbey, Newtownards, Co. Down, BT22 2NE sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 1 freeze-thaw cycle a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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