HouseThe Manor HouseHigh Street
Former Town Hall · Photo: Eric Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0–Not graded
History of Donaghadee · HED
48 listed buildings, 1 of them in the top grade
On the HED list, all of them stand inside Donaghadee’s settlement, 66 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 2 scheduled monuments. We have photos of 6 of its listed buildings.
Listed buildings
48
66 per 10,000 residents
Grade A
1
exceptional interest
Grade B+
5
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
2
1 historic park, garden or demesne
In pictures
Donaghadee in 6 photos
Nearly every Grade A and B+ building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Donagahdee (Cof I) parish churchGrade B+ listed
Prospect HouseGrade B+ listed
Tower on The MotteGrade B listed
Methodist ChurchGrade B listed
‘Grace Neill’s Bar’Grade B listed+1See all photosPhotos 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 Donaghadee’s history is
Every Grade A and B+ building, monument and historic park.
Grade AGrade B+Scheduled monumentPark or garden
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
48 listed buildings by grade
1 Grade A5 Grade B+42 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 A
The Grade A listed building in Donaghadee
Buildings of the greatest importance, about 2.4% of all listed buildings. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
Grade B+
The 5 Grade B+ listed buildings in Donaghadee
Buildings of particular quality or interest. 3 are photographed.
B+PublicFormer Town Hall24 High Street, DonaghadeePhoto: Eric Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0
B+ChurchDonagahdee (Cof I) parish churchChurch PlacePhoto: Ross · CC BY-SA 2.0
B+HouseProspect House4 Millisle Road, DonaghadeePhoto: Albert Bridge · CC BY-SA 2.0
HouseRosebank, 8 Millisle Road8 Millisle Road, Donaghadee
House28 The Parade28 The Parade, Donaghadee
Historic streets
Donaghadee has the most listed buildings
Streets by the listed entries with an address on them. One entry can be a whole terrace, so long rows count once.
Donaghadee7 listed
High Street5 listed
Warren Road (former light house keepers' dwellings)5 listed
Warren Road4 listed
Bow Street3 listed
The Parade3 listed · 1 II*
Of the 48 entries, 28 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.
What’s protected
Most of Donaghadee’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas39
Public & civic buildings4
Churches, chapels & priories3
Street furniture1
Inns, shops & warehouses1
39 entries (81%) are houses, terraces and villas. 3 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
42 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 42 Grade B listed buildings, A to Z
Erin Lodge, Rosepark AvenueFirst Presbyterian ChurchFormer Admiral Leslie HallHarbour HouseManor Farm, 106 Moat StreetManor House NW extension, Manor House, High Street, Donaghadee, Co DownMasonic HallMethodist ChurchOld Market House (& Court House)Telephone KioskTower on The MotteUlster Bank, 30 New StreetWater Tower, Hunt’s Park‘Grace Neill’s Bar’12 New Road, Donaghadee12 The Parade14 New Road, Donaghadee15 Bow Street16 New Road, Donaghadee16-16a Warren Road17 Bow Street19 Bow Street19 High Street23-25 High Street24 Killaughey Road24 Warren Road25 The Parade26 Warren Road28 Warren Road30 Warren Road31 New Road, Donaghadee33 New Road, Donaghadee35 New Road, Donaghadee36 High Street37 New Road, Donaghadee53 Warren Road (former light house keepers' dwellings)55 Warren Road (former light house keepers' dwellings)57 Warren Road (former light house keepers' dwellings)59 High Street59 Warren Road (former light house keepers' dwellings)61 High Street61 Warren Road (former light house keepers' dwellings)
Monuments & landscapes
Monuments, parks and gardens
Designations that overlap the town by a tenth of their area or half a hectare.
2 scheduled monuments
Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Department for Communities.
Motte, Donaghadee
Rath, Ballynoe
1 historic park, garden or demesne
Donaghadee, The Manor HouseGrade B · B
Towns its size
Donaghadee has the 85th most Grade A buildings of 787 towns its size
Places of 4,000–12,000 people outside London, by Grade A listed buildings.
Donaghadee1
#213 of 787for listed buildings per resident (66 per 10,000). Brecon, Rye and Dartmouth lead.
84 have more. The typical town its size has 0.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Donaghadee
| Town | People | Listed | Grade A | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donaghadee | 7,325 | 48 | 1 | — |
| Bangor | 64,596 | 93 | 1 | — |
| Newtownards | 29,677 | 57 | 1 | — |
| Comber | 9,529 | 30 | 0 | — |
| Whitehead | 3,537 | 23 | 0 | — |
| Holywood | 10,757 | 130 | 0 | — |
In brief
Donaghadee in brief
The official list counts 48 listed buildings in Donaghadee, 1 of them in the top grade, including Former Town Hall. Only 84 of the 787 towns nearest its size have more Grade A buildings. Most entries on the list, 81%, are houses, terraces and villas. The rest is about typical: Sarah Grand (1854) and Sir Hutcheson Poë, 1st Baronet (1848) were born here before 1900; and it also has 2 scheduled monuments.
Questions about Donaghadee’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Donaghadee?
The Historic Environment Division lists 48 buildings inside Donaghadee’s settlement: 1 Grade A, 5 Grade B+ and 42 Grade B.
What are the Grade A listed buildings in Donaghadee?
One: The Manor House.
Which street in Donaghadee has the most listed buildings?
Donaghadee (7), High Street (5) and Warren Road (former light house keepers' dwellings) (5) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.
Are there scheduled monuments in Donaghadee?
Yes, 2 scheduled monuments, including Motte, Donaghadee and Rath, Ballynoe.
Donaghadee 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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