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28-32 Riverside

Town Parks, Antrim and Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of 28-32 Riverside, Town Parks, Antrim and Newtownabbey, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation
Record only (not listed)
Grade
Record Only
Type
House
Date of construction
1900 - 1919
Address
28-32 Riverside, Antrim, BT41 4BH
Townland
Town Parks
Council
Antrim and Newtownabbey
Country
Northern Ireland
Coordinates
54.71214, -6.21767
Date of survey
06 November 2004
HB reference
HB20/08/035

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1891 map "Ireland 16" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1900 · Ireland (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1901 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1906 · Edinburgh. Scottish Lake District. Index Map: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Nos. 30 and 32 are a pair of red brick semi-detached, two-storey, two-bay houses with yellow brick details, with slated roofs, rebuilt red brick chimney; rectangular timber sliding sash windows, 1 over 1 and 2 over 1, with horns; doors are rectangular timber panelled and diagonally tongued and grooved sheeted. West gable of no. 32 is roughcast rendered. No. 28 has been demolished and replaced by three new houses.

SETTING: The buildings stand as part of a terrace facing the main street with modern pavings in front of nos. 28a, b and c.

Historical information

Nos. 30 and 32 built in 1904; no. 28 appears on OS map of 1832 but precise date not recorded.

References – Primary Sources
1. OS Map 1832, Co Antrim 50 (shows large building on site of large block).
2. OS Map 1857, Co Antrim 50.
3. OS Map 1962, Co Antrim 50 (shows houses attached to large block).
4. Datestone of 1904.

Secondary Sources
1. UAHS, Antrim and Ballymena (Belfast, 1969), p 10.

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

This is a pair of early 20th century semi-detached houses of no special architectural or historical interest.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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