Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB06/03/020

Address :
Knocknowan Old Glenarm Road Drains Carncastle Larne, Co Antrim

Townland:
Drains

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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:
70/3

IG Ref:
D3842 0527

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

A two-storey three-bay house with white painted rendered walls, which in 1970 had a slated roof, all windows vertically hung timber sashes with full glazing bars, and its entrance recessed in a semi-circular headed opening with a panelled door surmounted by a fanlight with radial glazing bars. It now has modern windows in enlarged openings and a broad projecting modern porch over the entrance. SETTING: It stands in a very rural location in open farmland, set well back from the main road, with plain rebuilt outbuildings behind it.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

A small house appears on the first OS map but this is an enlargement of it, which appears on the 1903 map References - Primary 1. OS Map 1833, Co Antrim 35. 2. OS Map 1903, Co Antrim 35.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

A 19th century house which has lost its original character through modernisation.

General Comments

Date of Survey

15 June 1997