Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB20/04/015

Address :
34-40 Main Street Randalstown Antrim Co Antrim

Townland:
Randalstown

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Demolished

Former Use
House - Terrace

Conservation Area:
Yes

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
Demolished

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OS Map No:
95/7

IG Ref:
J0824 9039

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

Demolished and the site remains vacant. Described in the first survey in 1971 as "A two-storey, eight bay terrace with lined rendered walls, slated roofs, and brick chimneys, two of which are rendered. All but two upper windows have full glazing bars set in wide sash boxes. There are two double fronted shops and two single, incised pilasters rise to console flanked entablatures."

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

Precise date of building not known, but it appears on the OS map of 1858, a smaller building having appeared on the site on the OS map of 1829; apparently built as terrace houses originally, shop fronts were inserted in the late 19th century. Nos 34 and 36 were demolished c 1975, and nos 38 and 40 were demolished in 2000. References – Primary Sources 1. OS Map 1858, Co Antrim 43. 2. Old photographs of Main Street in the possession of Sheelagh Hillen in 2000 (includes these buildings). Secondary Sources 1. UAHS, Antrim and Ballymena (Belfast, 1969), p 24 (item no 15).

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Demolished and the site remains vacant.

General Comments

Date of Survey

20 September 2000