Writing in the reprint of 1832 Belfast Scenery: in thirty views the authors write about an exceedingly elegant late-Georgian classical villa (Seaview) which in 1810 was the residence of Robert Getty.
"That Messrs George Kilpatrick and Robert Lowry of Ashley Park be informed in reply to their application dated 6ᵗʰ inst. that the Committee do not see their way to approve of the name Seaview Gardens for their new street off Antrim Road near Parkmount Avenue, as there is a street in another portion of the City named Seaview Street, and that they be requested to submit another name". (20th April 1898).