15 Ann Street

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

A narrow front 1 bay wide 3 storey terrace building with basement. On ground floor, shop door to right is modern timber glazed and panelled with shop window having 2 upper small panes. Pilaster on both sides and name fascia over with timber cornice. At 1st floor a single large vertical window (Double Hung Sliding Sash) with 8 panes. Cill on top of name fascia. At 2nd floor a 3 light casement window with head under gutter. Wall in smooth rendering, lined and blocked. Roof natural slates. Half-round gutter with cast iron downpipe shared with Nos. 11 and 13.

Rear elevation: gabled two-storey rear return: smooth rendered walls; pvc downpipes; glazed and panelled door, approached by 6 concrete steps. Two windows, one in each floor, modern rectangular pvc fixed light with top-hung vent.
Beyond a small rear yard is a long outbuilding with low monopitch roof of corrugated iron; pvc rainwater goods; smooth cement rendered rear wall. Rear boundary of site is formed by a pair of corrugated iron gates set between rendered piers.

A narrow fronted terrace building maintaining building line.

Historical information

Precise date of building not known: buildings are shown in the area of this and neighbouring houses on the OS map of 1832, probably dating from the mid-1700s when the town was developed. An approximately similar block is shown on the OS map of 1857, but by 1904 the individual buildings in the block are distinguishable: this one is shown in 1904 as having no return. While the original street front block and ridge height may thus date from the mid-18th century there appear to be no surviving features from that period; any surviving features such as fenestration pattern and size date probably from the mid-to late 19th century, while recent alterations have now determined much of the overall character of the building.

References – Primary Sources
1. OS Map 1832, Co Antrim 9.
2. OS Map 1857, Co Antrim 9.
3. OS Map 1904, Co Antrim 9.

Secondary Sources
1. UAHS, Glens of Antrim (Belfast, 1971), p. 51.

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

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Evaluation

A narrow front 1 bay wide 3 storey terrace building with basement.This is a building which was probably originally of mid-18th century foundation but which has been altered at various times up to the recent past, this has resulted in an absence of historic features of distinctive quality.