B+ChurchComber Non-subscribing Presbyterian ChurchMill StreetPhoto: Brian Shaw · CC BY-SA 2.0
Photo: Eric Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Comber · HED
30 listed buildings, 1 of them in the second grade
HED counts them inside Comber’s settlement, 31 for every 10,000 residents. Of the listed buildings in Comber, 29 are Grade B.
Listed buildings
30
31 per 10,000 residents
Grade A
0
exceptional interest
Grade B+
1
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
0
nationally important sites
In pictures
Landmarks of Comber
Nearly every Grade A and B+ building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons and Geograph, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its licence; names open the building’s page or its official list entry.
The map
Where Comber’s history is
Every Grade A and B+ building, monument and historic park.
Grade B+
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
30 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade A1 Grade B+29 Grade B
The Department for Communities lists buildings of special architectural or historic interest in Northern Ireland in three main grades: Grade A for buildings of the greatest importance (about 2.4% of listed buildings), Grade B+ for buildings of particular quality or interest (about 7.4%), and Grade B, with B1 and B2, for buildings of special interest (about 90%). Listing protects the whole building, inside and out.
Every entry on the Department for Communities’ Historic Buildings Record whose point lies inside NISRA’s settlement development limit (2015). One list entry can cover a terrace or a group of buildings.
Grade B+
The Grade B+ listed building in Comber
Buildings of particular quality or interest. Every one is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
What’s protected
Most of Comber’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas16
Churches, chapels & priories6
Public & civic buildings3
Inns, shops & warehouses2
Walls, gates & bridges2
Memorials, crosses & tombs1
16 entries (53%) are houses, terraces and villas. 6 are churches, chapels and priories.
Buildings are sorted by words in each entry’s name (church, gate, inn, memorial…): the list’s open data has no building type. An entry named only by its address counts as a house.
Grade B
29 Grade B listed buildings
Most listed buildings are in this grade, which covers buildings of special interest. Open any building to read its official list entry.
All 29 Grade B listed buildings, A to Z
Andrew's Spinning MillAndrews Family burial vaultAndrews Memorial HallArdara HouseCobbled FootpathEusemere, 20-22 Killinchy RoadFirst Comber Presbyterian ChurchFormer J.A. MacDonald's shopGates at Ardara HouseGates, Comber Non-subscribing Presbyterian ChurchHall at Comber Non-subscribing Presbyterian ChurchManse, Non-subscribing Presbyterian ChurchMaxwell CourtRC Church of The VisitationSecond Comber Presbyterian ChurchSt. Mary's Parish ChurchThe Gillespie Monument14 The Square28 High Street30 High Street32 High Street34 High Street36 High Street38 High Street40-42 High Street44-46 High Street48-50 High Street6 Bridge Street6-8 The Square
Born here
10 notable people born in Comber before 1900
Their lives on one timeline, earliest first.
Robert Rollo Gillespie
John Baxter
William Drennan Andrews
Albert Morrow
William McFadden Orr
J. M. Andrews
David Milling
Thomas Andrews
Sir James Andrews, 1st Baronet
Edmund De Wind
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Thomas Andrews1873–1912 · British businessman and shipbuilder (1873–1912)
William McFadden Orr1866–1934 · Irish mathematician (1866–1934)
Robert Rollo Gillespie1766–1814 · Officer in the British Army (1766–1814)
AM
Albert Morrow1863–1927 · Illustrator (1863–1927)
J. M. Andrews1871–1956 · Prime Minister of Northern Ireland from 1940 to 1943
EW
Edmund De Wind1883–1918 · Canadian and British soldier
JB
John Baxter1799–1841 · Explorer, born 1799
DM
David Milling1872–1929 · Cricketer (1872-1929)
Everyone born in Comber → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Comber
| Town | People | Listed | Grade A | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comber | 9,529 | 30 | 0 | — |
| Ballygowan | 3,138 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Newtownards | 29,677 | 57 | 1 | — |
| Metropolitan Castlereagh | 58,763 | 37 | 0 | — |
| Carryduff | 7,173 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Holywood | 10,757 | 130 | 0 | — |
| Saintfield | 3,588 | 45 | 0 | — |
| Bangor | 64,596 | 93 | 1 | — |
In brief
Comber in brief
Comber has 30 listed buildings, including Comber Non-subscribing Presbyterian Church. High Street alone has 9 listed buildings. Most entries on the list, 53%, are houses, terraces and villas. Of the 10 people born here before 1900, the best known include Thomas Andrews (1873), William McFadden Orr (1866) and Robert Rollo Gillespie (1766). Otherwise the figures are ordinary: like most towns its size, it has no Grade A building.
Questions about Comber’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Comber?
The Historic Environment Division lists 30 buildings inside Comber’s settlement: 0 Grade A, 1 Grade B+ and 29 Grade B.
Who was born in Comber?
Among people born before 1900: Thomas Andrews (1873), William McFadden Orr (1866), Robert Rollo Gillespie (1766), Albert Morrow (1863) and J. M. Andrews (1871).
Comber has no History Grade.
Listed buildings, scheduled monument areas and historic parks, gardens and demesnes: Department for Communities, Historic Environment Division, via Open Data NI (Open Government Licence v3.0). Check an entry with the Historic Environment Division before relying on it.
Sources: Department for Communities, Historic Environment Division: Historic Buildings Record (listed grades A, B+, B1, B2, B), scheduled monument areas and the register of historic parks, gardens and demesnes, October 2026, via Open Data NI, inside NISRA’s settlement development limit. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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