Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB05/14/019

Address :
Angler’s Arms 12 North Street Ballycastle Co Antrim BT54 6BN

Townland:
Town Parks

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:
11/03/1981 00:00:00

Date of De-listing:
01/03/2005 00:00:00

Current Use:
Public House - Terrace

Former Use
Public House - 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:
D1205 4128

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

A 3 bay wide 2½ storey terrace public house. Frontage to North Street, central door with fanlight, 2 large windows on each side divided into 4 lights, 2 of which have top hung opening vents. At 1st floor 3 no. vertical 2 pane windows with top hung vents. Hanging signs between windows. Walls rendered in pebbledash ½ round metal gutter with single downpipe. Slight overhang. On the roof a large extended dormer almost the length of the building. The wide dormer has 3 gables with flat roof between. Each gable part has a light casement windows with single light in centre. The dormer PVC white cladding. The remainder of roof slated with 2 large chimney stacks at each end of ridge. Over the left hand ground floor bar window the name of the public house in bold letters without fascia. The house has 2 long back returns. The public house forms part of the terrace between Quay Road and Strandview Road. No. 12 has a higher ridge than those buildings on either side and with the extended dormer is prominent in the terrace.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

Probably surviving from the late 18th cent. but most likely altered in succeeding centuries. Its recently 20th cent. alterations and external renovations has removed most of its original character and does not match the description accorded to it in UAHS book, Glens of Antrim. References Primary Sources 1. O.S. Map 1832 Antrim sh. 5. 2. O.S. Memoirs of Ireland, Parishes of Antrim IX, 1830-2, 1835, 1838-9 Ed by Angelique Day, Patrick McWilliams and Noirin Dobson p. 94. 3. Notes, 1st Survey EHS Hill St Belfast Secondary Sources 1. UAHS, Glens of Antrim p. 51. 2. Ballycastle Conservation Area Booklet

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

A late 18th cent. building, much altered and retaining little of its former character and possessing little architectural interest.

General Comments

Date of Survey

12 September 2000