Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB06/05/046

Address :
25 Lower Island Road Ballycarry Larne Co Antrim BT38 9HB

Townland:
Forthill

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
House

Former Use
Railway Station Structures

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
Yes

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
84/10

IG Ref:
J4637 9451

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

A two-storey, three-bay gabled block with single-storey wings, the one to the south containing a pair of coupled semi-circular headed windows, with the wing to the north blank; originally a railway station but now a private house. Asbestos slates to roof; PVC gutters and downpipes; walls rendered with dry dash of limestone chippings; windows in front face of main block are rectangular timber sliding sash, vertically hung with semi-circular heads, 2 over 2, with horns; windows to rear are PVC replacements. Setting: The building is located in a rural area and stands adjacent to a contemporary bridge carrying the main road over the railway line. The former platform and yard areas of the station have been developed as gardens.

Architects

Lanyon, Charles

Historical Information

Built in 1863 as a railway station to the designs of the architect Charles Lanyon, engineer to the Carrickfergus and Larne Railway company; originally built of stone and brick. Prior to its erection there was only a temporary platform when the line first opened in 1862. References - Primary Sources 1. Old photograph in possession of owner in 1998 (shows station in original Condition). Secondary Sources 1. J.R.L. Currie, The Northern Counties Railway, Vol I (Newton Abbot, 1973), pp 139 and 141. 2. W. A. McCutcheon, The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland (HMSO, Belfast, 1980), p 123, and p 207 note 138. 3. IHR 5585:17.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

A building of some interest as originally a work by a distinguished architect and engineer but it has been drastically altered with the loss of original elements.

General Comments

Date of Survey

12 August 1998