Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
3 The Whins,
None, Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- House
- Date of construction
- 1960 - 1979
- Address
- 3 The Whins,, Larne,, Co Antrim, BT40 2DS
- Townland
- None
- Council
- Mid and East Antrim
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.85551, -5.83542
- Date of survey
- 12 August 1997
- HB reference
- HB06/14/003
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
Shown on the 1941 "OS GSGS 3906 Scotland 1:25,000 (1940-1943)" (National Library of Scotland).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
A single storey flat roofed house in a modern style on an asymmetrical plan with a garage underneath one end. Roof covering of asphalt; walls of grey concrete brick; green painted sheeted fascias set between parapet upstands, windows of pine, now double glazed, to original pattern. The property sits on an elevated site at the head of a sloping lawn. Curved screen wall to front steps, with shared driveway and turning area laid out in conjunction with No. 4, built in a similar style.
Historical information
Designed by James Loggie of Gerald R. Smith and Partners, architects of Belfast, and built by the contractor for himself, c.1965; extended twice, dates not known.
References - Primary
1. Information from owners in 1997.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
An example of a post-war house designed in a thoroughly modern style, of some panache, but so extended that it cannot be considered a complete period-piece.
Nearby in the register
- 4 The Whins,Houseunder 1 mi
- Craigy Hill Presbyterian Church, Churchill Road,Churchunder 1 mi
- Coombe HouseHouseunder 1 mi
- All Saints Church (C. of I.)Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.