Brown's Island, 202 Moss Road, Drumawhy, Millisle, Newtownards, [?BT22 2DU], Co Down is a listed building in the Ards and North Down local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.

Brown's Island, 202 Moss Road, Drumawhy, Millisle, Newtownards, [?BT22 2DU], Co Down

WRENN ID
floating-stronghold-oak
Grade
Local Planning Authority
Ards and North Down
Constituency
Strangford MP: Jim Shannon (DUP)
Country
Northern Ireland
Irish grid reference
J 555 756
Coordinates
54.60519, -5.59302
Source
NI Environment Agency listing

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Description

Brown's Island is a relatively large, two-story farmhouse dating to approximately 1880-90, with a return wing likely added in the twentieth century. The house sits on a slight rise on the north side of Moss Road, about three miles west of Millisle.

The front, south-facing facade features a central doorway framed by fluted pilasters and a segmental arched decorative entablature, topped with a fanlight and sidelights. Twin sash windows flank the doorway, with simple surrounds, although the window on the inner right side has lost its frame and is now covered with a corrugated metal sheet. Three evenly spaced windows are on the first floor, mirroring the ground floor design, but similarly the window on the right has lost its frame and is boarded. The east gable has two sash windows on each side of the first floor and one on the ground floor. The west gable has two sash windows on each side of the first floor. The rear of the house features a two-story gabled return wing with modern metal windows and a door. Further sash windows are positioned to either side of the return wing on the rear of the main house, one on the ground floor and one on the first floor. The facade is finished with lined render, while the return wing has plain render. The roofs are pitched and covered with Bangor blue slates, with rendered parapets. Two yellow brick chimneys rise from the main roof, and cast iron rainwater goods are present. Outbuildings are located to the east and north of the house.

A building existed on the site according to Ordnance Survey Maps from 1833-4 and 1858-60, but its design and orientation (eastwards) differ from the current building, which appears to have been constructed in the 1880s. The return wing was likely added in the early to mid twentieth century.

Local climate

Brown's Island, 202 Moss Road, Drumawhy, Millisle, Newtownards, [?BT22 2DU], Co Down sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% 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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