2 Howe Street

This is a terrace of seven houses built in 1836, confirmed by a slate dated slab near the gable apex and shown on the 1840 Bangor Tithe Map. The terrace was originally conceived as a row of back-to-back cottages, though by 1889 the Ordnance Survey Map indicated only the top house as such. The unusual arrangement features the top house facing the road as a wider, two-unit gable-entry design, with the remaining houses stepped down behind it, each being a single unit with a double-depth plan. The construction is of rubble, rendered on the front and upper gable elevations, with the rear left exposed. The roofs are slate, and the stacks are brick. The top house has a doorway to the right of the gable and paired 6-pane sash windows on each floor. The houses behind have doorways to the left and a single window on each floor. Most windows are 4-pane sashes, although some original 12-pane sashes survive in the rear elevation, along with some replacement windows. Brick stacks are positioned at right angles to the ridge line on the gable ends. The presence of multiple similar terraces within the small rural settlement suggests an uncommon concentration of workers' housing, potentially linked to the presence of a textile factory in 1840. The terrace forms part of a group of seven.