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HB Ref No:
HB04/01/005

Address
BALNAMORE HOUSE 45 BALNAMORE ROAD BALLYMONEY CO.ANTRIM

Townland:

Status:
Currently at Risk

Listing Grade:
B1

HARNI Number:
HARNI 04/01/002

Conservation Area:
No

Condition:
Fair

Industrial Archeology:

Occupancy:
Vacant

Vernacular:

Degree of Risk:
High

Thatched:
No

Availability:
Unavailable

Monument:

Current Building Use:

Derelict:

Description

A two-storey, hipped roofed Italianate house built in the 1860s for the owner of nearby Balnamore Mill. Designed by Fitzgibbon Louch (not long after he worked on Ballynacree House) it has a three-bay front elevation with imposing central porch and slender tripartite windows either side. The bracketed eaves cornice, string courses and moulded window surrounds add to the overall attractiveness of the property, as does the modestly sized garden areas to the front and rear. Sheltered from the road by trees it still commands a pleasant setting, although the fields to the west have recently been developed for housing. The house itself is vacant and in need of some attention, although it is understood that planning approval for its extension and conversion to a hotel has been given. Refs: UAHS, North Antrim, 1972, p. 45