Newtownards

1771 – Market House, Newtownards, Co. Down

Architect: Ferdinando Stratford

The Market House was commissioned by Robert Stewart, 1st Marquess of Londonderry to be the centre of the market town.

1785 – Temple of the Winds, Newtownards, Co. Down

Architect: James Stuart

The Temple of the Winds, James “˜Athenian’ Stuart’s banqueting hall of 1785, overlooks Strangford Lough. It had small viewing balconies,

1840 – Mount Stewart House, Co. Down

Architect: George Dance / William Vitruvius Morrison

Between 1804 and 1806, the London architect George Dance was employed by Alexander Stewart,

1854 – Former Belfast Bank, Newtownards, Co. Down

Architect: Lanyon & Lynn

Later internal works by Richard Mills Close. After a series of bank mergers and takeovers from the 1970s onwards,

1857 – Scrabo Tower, Newtownards, Co. Down

Architect: Charles Lanyon

Erected in 1857, the Tower was built by local people as a monument to Charles William Stewart,

1862 – Model School, Newtownards, Co. Down

Architect: Frederick Darley

Designed in a Jacobean style, the Model School opened in July 1862. One of a ]number of Model Schools around the country,