2 & 4 Castle Street

Town Parks, Antrim and Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland

The record

Designation: Record only (not listed)
Grade: Record Only
Type: Demolished
Date of construction: 1800 - 1819
Address: 2 & 4 Castle Street, Antrim
Townland: Town Parks
Council: Antrim and Newtownabbey
Country: Northern Ireland
Coordinates: 54.71552, -6.22125
Date of survey: 06 November 2004
HB reference: HB20/08/045

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Exterior description and setting

Demolished to make way for a landscaping scheme.
Described in the first survey in 1970 as "A three-storey five bay house built of coursed rubble blackstone with two bays now stuccoed and shopped. The hipped roof is slated. All windows but three on first floor are plain sashed. The panelled street door is surmounted by a flattened fanlight. The shop is plain. A narrow entry with rough stone voussoirs leads to rear."

Historical information

Precise date of building not recorded but it appears on the OS map of 1833.

References – Primary Sources
1. OS Map 1832, Co Antrim 50 (buildings shown on the site but date indeterminate).
2. OS Map 1857, Co Antrim 50.

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

Demolished to make way for a landscaping scheme.

Nearby in the register

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

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