Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB20/08/034

Address :
19-27 Riverside Antrim BT41 4BH

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:
Yes

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
112/1

IG Ref:
J1494 8638

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

A terrace of two-storey houses of two types: nos. 19-23 have pebble-dashed walls and smooth cement rendered and painted dressings; roof of Bangor blue slates in regular courses, with modern rooflights; modern brick chimneys; doorways are modern rectangular panelled timber surmounted by radially glazed fanlights set in panelled surrounds; approached by stone steps. Windows are rectangular timber sliding sash, vertically hung, 1 over 1, with horns; rainwater goods partly cast iron and partly pvc. Nos. 25 and 29 have similarly slated roofs, with red terracotta ridge tiles; red brick chimneys missing some original moulded brick cornices; walls are rendered with dry dash, with moulded brick eaves courses; windows are mainly modern timber fixed lights with top-hung vents but no. 29 still retains original timber sashes, 1 over 1 with horns; pvc gutters and downpipes; doors are modern rectangular panelled timber. SETTING: The terrace at nos. 19-23 stands facing the main street but set back slightly from it behind original cast iron railings on low stone plinth walls. Nos. 25-29 face directly onto the street.

Architects

Historical Information

Precise date of buildings not recorded but they appear on the OS map of 1857 and may be dated to the mid-19th century. References – Primary Sources 1. OS Map 1857, Co Antrim 50. Secondary Sources 1. UAHS, Antrim and Ballymena (Belfast, 1969), p 10.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

This is a terrace of mid-19th century houses which have undergone a number of inappropriate alterations and are of no special architectural or historic interest.

General Comments

Date of Survey

06 November 2004