Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
2 The Diamond
Town Parks, Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Office - Terrace
- Date of listing
- 11 March 1981
- Date of delisting
- 27 February 2004
- Date of construction
- 1820 - 1839
- Address
- 2 The Diamond, Ballycastle, Co Antrim, BT54 6AW
- Townland
- Town Parks
- Council
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 55.20108, -6.25039
- Date of survey
- 06 October 2000
- HB reference
- HB05/13/024
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1817 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
A 4 bay wide 2 storey building with shopfront.
Elevation to Diamond, ground floor : a segmental arch opening with large single pane display window with fanlight and thick radiating astragals, cill almost at footwalk level. Large display window subdivided into 4 arched vertical panes with panelled entrance door and shallow fanlight. All framed with pilaster with corintian style head on each side and good name fascia over with cornice and painted lettering. Separate door with fanlight to 1st floor. At 1st floor 4 no. 2 over 2 sash windows with moulded architraves, wall smooth rendered, painted with painted rusticated quoins at one side. No. 2 and 3 would appear to read as one building. Painted frieze, ½ round gutter, downpipe shared with No. 3, natural slated roof, chimney stack at each end of ridge, the width between being 3 bays.
The building observes its terrace building line.
Historical information
A building is indicated on this site on O.S. Map 1832. The present building was substantially rebuilt in the 1990s as part of a redevelopment of the corner site with its unlisted neighbour (hb05/13/013)The original first floor openings remain. The former coach arch has been incorporated into the extended building and was formerly gateway to rear of premises. The shopfront has been altered.
References
Primary Sources
1. O.S. Map 1832 Antrim sh. 8.
2. O.S. Map 1832 Rev 1856 Antrim sh. 8.
3. O.S. Map 1904 Ballycastle
4. Notes, 1st Survey, E.H.S. Hill Street, Belfast
Secondary Sources
1. Ballycastle Conservation Area Booklet.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
A 4 bay wide, 2 storey building recently much renovated but retaining its former overall form and openings but shopfront altered.
Nearby in the register
- Ballycastle Credit UnionBankunder 1 mi
- 3 The DiamondShop - Terraceunder 1 mi
- 2 Ann Street ('Selma's')Shopunder 1 mi
- 4 Ann Street ('Snip')Shopunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.