Garage ('New Street Garages')

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Single storey commercial garage of perhaps c.1945-50 in brick and roughcast with Belfast Truss roof. The property is set on the E side of New Street, to the S of the centre of Randalstown.

The building is rectangular in plan and measures roughly 21m x 12. The front (W) gable is in brick and has a large left of centre vehicle doorway with sliding timber double door and timber signboard above. To the right of this is a square-ish window with mullioned and transomed timber frame. The N elevation abuts a neighbouring house and is blank. The S elevation is finished is roughcast and is also blank. To the rear there is a large lean-to extension. The curved roof is covered in corrugated metal and has a central row of roof lights.

Historical information

This garage may date from c.1945-50.

For a detailed history of Belfast Truss roofs see HB18/08/139

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Single storey commercial garage of perhaps c.1945-50 in brick and roughcast with Belfast Truss roof. A relatively intact example of a mid 20th century Belfast Truss-roofed building.

General comments

Surveyed as part of the Belfast Roof Truss survey.