Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB05/14/049

Address :
5 Quay Road Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6BJ

Townland:
Town Parks

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Shop - Terrace

Former Use
Shop - Terrace

Conservation Area:
Yes

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
8/8 SE

IG Ref:
D1169 4090

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

A 2½ storey 3 bay wide terrace house with shopfronts. The elevation to Quay Road, at ground floor, 2 shopfronts with shop doors not completed. At 1st floor 3 no. vertical openings, windows not installed, plain architrave in plaster. Above window opening heads a continuous moulded stringcourse with ogee gutter on top with 4 no. short downpipes from gutters at eaves. 3 no. gabled dormers likewise without windows. Walls smooth rendered and painted. Plaster quoins on each side. Natural slated roof with chimney stacks centred on each gable. The ridge of this pair of houses much higher than adjacent buildings. The building observes the building line of Quay Road, but has wide paved area in front without boundary wall. The building is presently having extensive renovations.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

Terrace house erected in the late 19th cent. The owner is replacing the front of the building as it was before. It had shops previously. References Primary Sources 1. O.S. Map 1904 Ballycastle 2. Building Owner.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

A late 19th cent. 2½ storey building with 2 shopfronts with typical dormers of the area. Building work unfinished. Though not considered to be a special structure it does contribute to the character of the Conservation Area.

General Comments

Date of Survey

17 September 2000