Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
37 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
- 37 Ann Street, Ballycastle, Co Antrim, BT54 6AA
- Townland
- Town Parks
- Council
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 55.20180, -6.24880
- Date of survey
- 17 September 2000
- HB reference
- HB05/14/010 D
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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 2 bay wide 2½ storey with basement, shop front and gateway.
The ground floor has a central 4 panelled door, upper 2 glazed, and rectangular fanlight with pilaster on each side, frieze and moulded pediment over. To the left a large square plain shop window with vertical plaster band on each side, cill and over a simple name fascia with lower edge scalloped. To the right a segmental arched gateway with sheeted wood doors.
Over at 1st floor a double hung sliding sash 2 pane window assymetrical over the gateway and a double double hung sliding sash 2 pane window over the shopwindow. Each with plain plaster architraves rising from cills with moulded corbels under. These windows match No. 37 (HB05/14/010C) but slightly higher on the elevation. The wall smooth rendered and painted with frieze under gutter and plinth at ground level. ½ round gutter and natural slated roof and gable chimney stack.
There are 2 dormers on roof centred on windows below, gabled, plain barge, slight overhang with double hung sliding sash 2 pane windows. The downpipe to left of elevation serves No. 39 and 37.
To the rear a small back return, modern windows on the roof a wide flat roof dormer. Walls roughcast rendered and unpainted.
No. 39 is similar in detail to No. 37 and the building line same.
Historical information
Building probably erected c 1880s. Received grant in 1998 flat dormer across front at time of listing revised to two smaller dormers.
References
Primary Sources
1. O.S. Map 1832 Revised 1856 Antrim sh. 8.
2. O.S. Map 1904 Ballycastle.
3. Notes, 1st Survey E.H.S. Hill St, Belfast
Secondary Sources
1. UAHS Glens of Antrim p. 51.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
A typical asymmetrical street elevation of the late 19th century with coach gateway. This is a late Victorian building with renovated modern interior, whose remaining original fabric is not of special historic or architectural interest
Nearby in the register
- 35 Ann StreetShop - Terraceunder 1 mi
- 39 Ann StreetShop - Terraceunder 1 mi
- 33 Ann StreetHouse - Terraceunder 1 mi
- 41 Ann StreetShop - Terraceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.