Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
37 Castle Street
Town Parks, Antrim and Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Demolished
- Date of construction
- 1820 - 1839
- Address
- 37 Castle Street, Antrim
- Townland
- Town Parks
- Council
- Antrim and Newtownabbey
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.71676, -6.22042
- Date of survey
- 06 November 2004
- HB reference
- HB20/08/048
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1811 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
Demolished to make way for a road.
Described in the first survey in 1970 as "A three bay, two-storey house with rendered walls and slated roof, chimneys are of brickwork. The entrance is recessed in a segmental arched opening with clustered columns flanking bricked-up sidelights. The door is modern flush, the fanlight has looped glazing. One window in ground floor retains full glazing bars, upper windows are plain sashed."
Historical information
Precise date of building not recorded but it appears on the OS map of 1833.
References – Primary Sources
1. OS Map 1833, 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 road.
Nearby in the register
- 5-9 Castle StreetDemolishedunder 1 mi
- 1 & 3 Castle StreetDemolishedunder 1 mi
- 2 & 4 Castle StreetDemolishedunder 1 mi
- Rampart and BastionWallingunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.