26-27 The Square, Portaferry, Co Down, BT22 1LR is a listed building in the Ards and North Down local planning authority area, Northern Ireland. 1 related planning application.
26-27 The Square, Portaferry, Co Down, BT22 1LR
- WRENN ID
- tangled-loft-soot
- Grade
- Local Planning Authority
- Ards and North Down
- Constituency
- Strangford MP: Jim Shannon (DUP)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Address
- 26-27 The Square, Portaferry, Co Down, BT22 1LR, BT22 1LR
- Irish grid reference
- J 594 508
- Coordinates
- 54.38139, -5.54709
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
A small, informal two storey terraced block of possible pre-1834 construction, located on the east side of The Square in Portaferry town centre, now comprising a shop (No. 27) and a house (No. 26). The building has a nine-metre frontage with a west-facing asymmetrical front façade.
The ground floor is divided between the two properties. No. 27 to the left features a simple modern timber shop front with a painted wooden sign, currently undergoing renovations. No. 26 has a six-panel timber door to the left with fanlight and sidelight, flanked to the right by a tripartite sliding sash window with no astragals. Both the door and window are topped with a moulded segmental arch. The entire first floor belongs to No. 26 and contains two windows matching those on the ground floor but with the addition of horns. The façade is finished in rusticated render and painted. The gabled roof is covered with Bangor blue slate and has an eaves course. Three yellow brick chimney stacks with assorted pots rise from the roof, the stack to the south having pots; smooth cement render parapets separate this building from its neighbours.
Historical records show a building on this site belonging to a widow Moreland on Patrick O'Hare's map of 1799. The circa-1835 valuation returns describe the house as two storey and relatively old, graded 'C' by the valuers. The 1863 valuation upgraded it to grade 'B', suggesting possible rebuilding or renovation between these dates. The property remained in the Moreland family until at least 1863, when James Moreland is recorded as the occupant. Between 1863 and 1900, the building was divided into two separate properties, with part of the ground floor converted to a shop.
Local climate
26-27 The Square, Portaferry, Co Down, BT22 1LR receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- No flood data for this area
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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