Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB06/14/003

Address :
3 The Whins, Larne, Co Antrim BT40 2DS

Townland:
None

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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:
70/7

IG Ref:
D3906 0301

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

A single storey flat roofed house in a modern style on an asymmetrical plan with a garage underneath one end. Roof covering of asphalt; walls of grey concrete brick; green painted sheeted fascias set between parapet upstands, windows of pine, now double glazed, to original pattern. The property sits on an elevated site at the head of a sloping lawn. Curved screen wall to front steps, with shared driveway and turning area laid out in conjunction with No. 4, built in a similar style.

Architects

Loggie, James

Historical Information

Designed by James Loggie of Gerald R. Smith and Partners, architects of Belfast, and built by the contractor for himself, c.1965; extended twice, dates not known. References - Primary 1. Information from owners in 1997.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

An example of a post-war house designed in a thoroughly modern style, of some panache, but so extended that it cannot be considered a complete period-piece.

General Comments

Date of Survey

12 August 1997