Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
5 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 listing
- 11 March 1981
- Date of delisting
- 1 March 2005
- Date of construction
- 1880 - 1899
- Address
- 5 Ann Street, Ballycastle, Co Antrim, BT54 6AA
- Townland
- Town Parks
- Council
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 55.20107, -6.24992
- Date of survey
- 17 September 2000
- HB reference
- HB05/14/006 B
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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
4 bay wide terrace shop, 2 storeys with gateway.
The ground floor a recessed single wide 4 panelled door with plain rectangular fanlight over. On either side narrow pilasters. To the left beyond a plain portion of walling a 4 light shop window with arched heads, low cill, pilasters either side matching those at door. A long name fascia stretching over door and window with moulded frame and cornice with lettering. Adjacent to shop front a segmental arch gateway with minimal keystone. At first floor 4 no. double hung sliding sash 2 pane windows, one centred over doorway and a window centred over gateway. Each window has a moulded painted architrave with cill supported on pair of moulded corbels. Wall smooth rendered and painted. Painted quoins at side of gateway. ½ round metal gutter, natural slated roof, chimney stack at each gable and an additional stack on ridge between shop and gateway. Under the gateway walls are built of stone painted, underside of floor plastered mostly on laths with timber beams exposed.
To the rear door and window at basement level, small 2 pane at ground floor and 2 boarded up windows at 1st floor. Wall roughcast rendered unpainted. ½ round metal gutter, natural slated roof.
Part of a terrace of 2. The gateway passage gives access to new car park to rear of Ann Street. Each side of access bound by yard walls rendered in roughcast and punctuated with gateways.
Historical information
Probably a rebuild of former terrace houses and built around the late 19th cent. Repairs were carried out to the property c 1996. The building with No. 3 was possibly built by Dallat, builder, who erected other houses in Ann Street and Quay Road, using similar details.
References
Primary Sources
1. O.S. Map 1832 Rev. 1856 Antrim sh. 8.
2. O.S. Map 1904 Ballycastle
3. Notes – 1st Survey EHS 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 modest shopfront of late 19th century. The building is not of special architectural or historic interest.
Nearby in the register
- 3 Ann StreetHouse - Terraceunder 1 mi
- 11 The DiamondShop - Terraceunder 1 mi
- 10 The DiamondShop - Terraceunder 1 mi
- 7 Ann StreetPublic Houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.