Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB05/01/034 B

Address :
82 Coast Road Cushendall Co. Antrim BT44 0SR

Townland:
Bellisk / Waterford

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Survey 2:
B2

Date of Listing:
10/02/2017 00:00:00

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:
25/9SE

IG Ref:
D2432 2689

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Owner Category

Exterior Description And Setting

Two bay, two-storey rendered house, built c.1885 with front entrance porch; the name of the architect is unknown. Rectangular on plan facing west and set back slightly on the east side of Coast Road, also referred to as Glenariffe Road, which runs between Cushendall and Waterfoot. Pitched natural slate roof with black clay ridge tiles and plastic guttering supported on overhanging eaves with exposed rafter tails and discharging to plastic downpipes. Rendered profiled chimney stack with octagonal clay pots. Rough-cast rendered walling. Segmental-headed window openings with painted splayed masonry sills, and replacement sliding timber sash windows with slender ogee horns that have six-over-six lights. Walls and window frames are painted white, whilst base plinth, window and door surrounds, rainwater goods and rafter ends are all painted black in contrast. Two-bay front west elevation with entrance porch. Hipped natural slate roof to entrance porch with multi-pane timber casment windows and glazed timber door. Door opens onto concrete step and front yard, shared with adjoining house. North side abutted by adjoining house No.80 (HB05/01/034A). Rear (East) elevation has a single window opening to each level to the left and a further diminutive window opening with original four-pane timber casement window to the right. Two segmental arched window openings visible to the first floor, one having replacement sliding timber sash window (6/6) and that to the left having an original four-pane timber casement window. Single storey flat roofed extension comprised of white painted rough cast walling with uPVC casement windows in black painted render surrounds (access to dwelling via two concrete steps at re-entrant corner). Diagonally sheeted painted timber door and top-hung casement windows towards far right side of flat roofed extension, abutted by lean-to with corrugated asbestos sheet roofing, with same walling and window treatment, stainless steel boiler flue and vertically sheeted timber door. Blind south elevation of main house with a central chimney stack rising through the eaves. Materials: Roof Natural slate RWG uPVC Walling Painted rough-cast render Windows Replacement sliding timber sash Setting: Set back slightly and at a lower level to the road, this building originally comprised four dwellings and now contains two; No.82 is to the South or right when viewed from the road. Shared concrete hardstanding to front area enclosed by low rough-cast rendered walling with concrete coping and replacement steel gates hung on square pillars.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

No. 82 Coast Road, a two-storey single-bay terraced house (possessing front entrance porch) located in the townland of Bellisk (or) Waterford, was constructed along with the adjoining nos 80 and 84 Coast Road in c. 1885. The buildings were erected as dwellings for the officers of the local coastguard station (HB05/01/025) which was located at No. 70 Coast Road to the north-east of the site. The coastguard station was charged with the protection of the shipping and passenger steamers which frequently sailed along Co. Antrim’s east coast. Wilson’s Shipwrecks of the Ulster Coast notes that there were a number of wrecks along the rocks between Cushendall and Red Bay in the early-19th century including the transatlantic barque New Zealand (1841), the Mediterranean-bound brig Scotia (1842) and the Helen (1849), a ferry which operated between Glenarm and Glasgow (Wilson, p. 117). The two-storey coastguard station at No. 70 Coast Road was constructed prior to 1832 and was utilised as living quarters by all the officers of the local coastguard until the late-19th century. The Annual Revisions notes that nos 80-84 Coast Road was constructed in c. 1885 as the Mess Quarters for the officers, whilst the Chief Officer’s quarters remained at No. 70 Coast Road. The Annual Revisions noted that nos 80-84 Coast Road were leased by the Admiralty and were originally divided into four dwellings; each dwelling occupied a two-storey single-bay of the current building and was valued at £6 at the turn of the 20th century. The third edition Ordnance Survey map (1903) depicted the houses as a simple rectangular-shaped structure located to the south-west of the coastguard station. The 1911 Census of Ireland records that only three of the dwellings on the site were inhabited and that they were occupied by George Whayman, a Petty Officer, Frank Ernest Richards, a loading boatman, and John Caine, a Royal Navy Coast Guard. The census building return described each of these apartments as a 2nd class dwelling that consisted of four rooms and possessed a fowl house, turf house and a shed to rear. No. 82 Coast Road, a two-storey house which comprised a single bay of the row, was increased in value to £13 under the First General Revaluation of Property in Northern Ireland (1936-57). Nos 80-84 Coast Road do not appear to have been utilised by the coastguard by the 1930s when they were leased out to private tenants by Dixon Estates Ltd. The occupants of No. 82 Coast Road changed with great frequency over the following three decades but in c. 1965 the house was purchased outright and occupied by a Mr. James O’Neill (occupant of the adjoining No. 80). By the end of the Second General Revaluation (1956-72) the total rateable value of No. 82 Coast Road stood at £18. In 1972 the UAHS Guide for the Glens of Antrim described nos 80-84 Coast Road in the following terms: ‘A semi-detached pair, under a single hipped roof, of whitewashed roughcast with black-painted quoins and long-and-short window surrounds; the windows segmental-headed; not built to the normal Board of Works coastguard-house pattern’ (UAHS Guide, p. 31). References Primary Sources 1. PRONI OS/6/1/20/1 – First Edition Ordnance Survey Map (1832) 2. PRONI OS/6/1/20/2 – Second Edition Ordnance Survey Map (1857) 3. PRONI OS/6/1/20/3 – Third Edition Ordnance Survey Map (1903) 4. PRONI OS/6/1/20/4 – Fourth Edition Ordnance Survey Map (1921) 5. PRONI VAL/1/A/1/20 – Townland Valuation Map (c. 1830) 6. PRONI VAL/1/B/148A-D – Townland Valuations (c. 1834) 7. PRONI VAL/2/B/1/40A-B – Griffith’s Valuation (c. 1859) 8. PRONI VAL/12/B/7/19A-F – Annual Revisions (1864-1923) 9. PRONI VAL/12/B/7/13A – Annual Revisions (1923-29) 10. PRONI VAL/3/C/1/4 – First General Revaluation of Property in Northern Ireland (1936-57) 11. PRONI VAL/4/B/1/10 – Second General Revaluation of Property in Northern Ireland (1956-72) 12. Ulster Town Directories (1861-1918) 13. Census of Ireland (1901; 1911) 14. First Survey Record – HB05/01/025 (No Date) Secondary Sources 1. Brett, C. E. B., ‘List of historic buildings, groups of buildings and areas of architectural importance in the Glens of Antrim’ Belfast: Ulster Architectural Heritage Society, 1972. 2. Wilson. J., ‘Shipwrecks of the Ulster coast: From Carlingford Lough to Inishowen Head’ Coleraine: Impact-Amergin, 1979. Townland: Bellisk or Waterford Architect: Not Known Criteria: S, U, X, Y, Z

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

A. Style B. Proportion C. Ornamentation H-. Alterations detracting from building J. Setting K. Group value

Historic Interest

X. Local Interest R. Age S. Authenticity T. Historic Importance U. Historic Associations Y. Social, Cultural or Economic Importance

Evaluation

Two-bay two-storey semi-detached rendered house, built c.1885 as living quarters for coastguard officers within a row that originally comprised four dwellings; it shares group value with the adjoining No.80 Coast Road (HB05.01.034A). Despite PVC windows and extensions to the rear, the simple, almost symmetrical composition of hipped slate roofs, profiled chimneys, segmental-arched windows and rough-cast render walling with dressings highlighted in black, allows the two houses to read as a well proportioned, unified pair. The association with the coastguard station (HB05.01.025) adds to the interest and group value while its external appearance as a maritime structure, overlooking the sea to the east and set down from the main road behind matching rendered walls, is distinctive within the coastal setting.

General Comments

This property has group value with HB05.01.034 A&C and also the coastguard station HB05.01.025

Date of Survey

28 April 2015