10 Court Square Newtownards Co. Down is a Grade B1 listed building in the Ards and North Down local planning authority area, Northern Ireland. First listed on 4 March 1977. 2 related planning applications.
10 Court Square Newtownards Co. Down
- WRENN ID
- final-cinder-crimson
- Grade
- B1
- Local Planning Authority
- Ards and North Down
- Constituency
- Strangford MP: Jim Shannon (DUP)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Date first listed
- 4 March 1977
- Address
- 10 Court Square Newtownards Co. Down, BT23 7NY
- Irish grid reference
- J 492 738
- Coordinates
- 54.59102, -5.69178
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
No. 10 Court Square was built between 1860 and 1879, likely just before 1875. It was probably constructed as a residence for the manager or assistant manager of the nearby Castle Gardens flax and tow spinning mill, which was established by George Walker. The house occupies the site of an earlier dwelling built around 1840 when Court Street (now part of Court Square) was initially laid out. Early occupants included John Stewart, followed by John Martin around 1896, who was described in the 1901 census as an 'estate bailiff', suggesting a possible end to the mill connection by that time. Later residents included John McAlpine around 1913 and William Boyle around 1923. Robert George Wilson resided there in 1943, followed by Christopher and Ellen Emo in the 1950s and 1960s. Mrs. Emo may have remained in the house until the late 1970s. The building is currently used as offices, having formerly been a house.
Local climate
10 Court Square Newtownards 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 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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