Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
5 Quay Road
Town Parks, Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Shop - Terrace
- Date of construction
- 1880 - 1899
- Address
- 5 Quay Road, Ballycastle, Co Antrim, BT54 6BJ
- Townland
- Town Parks
- Council
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 55.20256, -6.24655
- Date of survey
- 17 September 2000
- HB reference
- HB05/14/049
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 1827 "Antrim, Raghery." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
A 2½ storey 3 bay wide terrace house with shopfronts.
The elevation to Quay Road, at ground floor, 2 shopfronts with shop doors not completed. At 1st floor 3 no. vertical openings, windows not installed, plain architrave in plaster. Above window opening heads a continuous moulded stringcourse with ogee gutter on top with 4 no. short downpipes from gutters at eaves. 3 no. gabled dormers likewise without windows. Walls smooth rendered and painted. Plaster quoins on each side. Natural slated roof with chimney stacks centred on each gable. The ridge of this pair of houses much higher than adjacent buildings.
The building observes the building line of Quay Road, but has wide paved area in front without boundary wall.
The building is presently having extensive renovations.
Historical information
Terrace house erected in the late 19th cent. The owner is replacing the front of the building as it was before. It had shops previously.
References
Primary Sources
1. O.S. Map 1904 Ballycastle
2. Building Owner.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
A late 19th cent. 2½ storey building with 2 shopfronts with typical dormers of the area. Building work unfinished. Though not considered to be a special structure it does contribute to the character of the Conservation Area.
Nearby in the register
- 1 & 3 Quay RoadNo type recordedunder 1 mi
- 7 & 9 Quay RoadHouse - Terraceunder 1 mi
- 75/77/79 Ann StreetHouse - Terraceunder 1 mi
- PostboxPost Boxunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.