43 High Street, Newtownards, Co. Down, BT23 3HS is a Grade Record Only listed building in the Ards and North Down local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.
43 High Street, Newtownards, Co. Down, BT23 3HS
- WRENN ID
- carved-gable-hemlock
- Grade
- Record Only
- Local Planning Authority
- Ards and North Down
- Constituency
- Strangford MP: Jim Shannon (DUP)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Address
- 43 High Street, Newtownards, Co. Down, BT23 3HS, BT23 3HS
- Irish grid reference
- J 490 740
- Coordinates
- 54.59268, -5.6945
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
This is a two-storey, three-bay terraced shop with a house, likely built in the early to mid-19th century. The building is located on High Street, Newtownards, and has undergone significant alterations, particularly to the ground floor, with a modern shop front and interior. Despite this, it retains its original form, a carriage arch, and the upper floor appearance, albeit with modern windows, contributing significantly to the streetscape.
The front facade (north elevation) features a large modern shop front to the left, incorporating a picture window, ATM, PVC signage, and a glazed entrance door. To the right of the shop front is an elliptical arch-headed carriage entrance with timber double doors. The first floor has three windows, fitted with modern top-hung frames designed to resemble sash windows with Georgian panes. The facade is covered in lined painted render. The roof is partially covered with Bangor blue slates, and there are no chimney stacks.
The site has been occupied since at least 1720, as shown on Colvill's plan. Until recently, the building presented an early to mid-19th century appearance with a central doorway, a traditional shop front, and overall characteristics of the period, but it was modernized, likely around 1990. The building does not have rear access. Historical records, including Colville’s plan of 1720, Ordnance Survey Memoirs, and valuation records from approximately 1836 demonstrate the long-standing presence of buildings on this site.
Local climate
43 High Street, Newtownards, Co. Down, BT23 3HS 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 93% 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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