Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
49 Point Street
Inver, Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Demolished
- Date of construction
- 1860 - 1879
- Address
- 49 Point Street, Larne, Co Antrim, BT40 1HU
- Townland
- Inver
- Council
- Mid and East Antrim
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.85074, -5.81979
- Date of survey
- 14 February 1998
- HB reference
- HB06/12/004
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 3 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1854 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
This building has been demolished and replaced by a shopping centre. It was described in the first survey in 1970 as 'A two-storey house with rendered walls and slated roof. Ground floor windows have plain sashes; some windows on the first floor have full glazing bars. The door is modern, the rectangular fanlight is plain. There are quoins at extremities of building, block surround to doorway and eliptical arch with tympanum. Five windows wide. Character of façade is almost gone.'
Historical information
Built c 1860. Demolished in the 1970s or 1980s.
References - Secondary
1. 1956 Planning Report.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
Demolished and replaced by a shopping centre.
Nearby in the register
- Belfast BankDemolishedunder 1 mi
- Shop store (for 'Penney's Interiors')Storeunder 1 mi
- 11-13 Main StreetShopunder 1 mi
- 7-9 Main StreetShopunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.