Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
16 Ann Street
Town Parks, Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Shop - Terrace
- Date of construction
- 1840 - 1859
- Address
- 16 Ann Street, Ballycastle, Co Antrim, BT54 6AD
- Townland
- Town Parks
- Council
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 55.20154, -6.24981
- Date of survey
- 06 October 2000
- HB reference
- HB05/13/032
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1827 "Antrim, Raghery." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
A 2½ storey 2 bay wide building with shopfront.
Shopfront occupies width of façade, with restaurant window having 6 vertical panes with 3 semicircular panels above with remaining segments glazed too. Entrance door recessed, with large top panel glazed with decorative glass, one flank glazed. Shopfront framed with narrow pilasters and framed name fascia over with cornice, painted lettering in gold leaf. Front painted a matt bottle green. At 1st floor 2 pane windows, upper pane tophung, decorative guard rails to cills for window boxes. ½ round gutter on timber fascia, no eaves, wall smooth rendered and painted with projecting sign enhanced with decorative metalwork. Roof natural slated with 2 no. small velux type rooflights. Where roof meets No. 14 there is a concrete barge from chimney stack to gutter. Red ridge tile. The single downpipe wiggles a lot on way down.
The building observes the terrace building line.
Historical information
Probably a mid or earlier 19th cent. building. The present owner (2000) took the property from M/s B Kelly in 1983. The former has since reslated the building and turned it into a restaurant in 1990s.
James McCormick was architect for recent work.
References
Primary Sources
1. O.S. Map 1832 Rev. 1856 Antrim sh. 8.
2. O.S. Map 1904 Ballycastle.
3. Notes, 1st Survey, E.H.S. Hill Street, Belfast.
Secondary Sources
1. UAHS, Glens of Antrim p. 50
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
A recent shopfront of the c1990's designed in a traditional restrained manner on a narrow fronted 2½ storey building of the mid 19th century.
Nearby in the register
- 18 Ann StreetShop - Terraceunder 1 mi
- 14 Ann StreetShopunder 1 mi
- Ulster BankBankunder 1 mi
- 12 Ann Street ('The Central Bar')Public Houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.