Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB20/08/062

Address :
15 and 17 Oriel Road Antrim BT41 4HP

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:
96-13 SE

IG Ref:
J1485 8716

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Owner Category

Private Private

Exterior Description And Setting

A pair of 1½ storey houses with hipped roofs and rendered walls and common brickwork chimney. SETTING: The buildings stand facing the main road but set back from it with gardens in front.

Architects

Northern Ireland Office of Works

Historical Information

Built in the 1920s as a ‘Soldiers and Sailors Housing Scheme’, to designs of the government’s architects, for returning servicemen after the 1st World War. Such housing was built all over Northern Ireland. References – Primary Sources 1. OS Map 1962, Co Antrim 50.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

This is an example of a particular type of inter-war housing built to standardised plans and elevations, which in this case has undergone later inappropriate alterations which have detracted from the original character and appearance

General Comments

Date of Survey

20 November 2004