Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB06/11/013

Address :
Coombe House 160 The Roddens Larne Co Antrim BT40 1PN

Townland:
Town Parks

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
House

Former Use
House

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
70/8 SW

IG Ref:
D3932 0317

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

A flat roofed house in a modern style laid out on a split level; constructed of concrete bricks with concrete cills, with metal pivoting windows above large timber fixed lights, tongued and grooved vertical weather boarding, plain plywood panels, asphalt roof, on a cantilevered concrete slab to the first floor. Setting: the house stands on an elevated site set back from the main road with distant views over the town. It is flanked on each side by two houses of similar date and style but which have been altered inappropriately or display impurities of style.

Architects

Smith, Gerald

Historical Information

Designed by the Larne architect Gerald Smith for himself c. 1968. References - Primary 1. Information from owners.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

International Style house of some local interest.

General Comments

Date of Survey

24 April 1998