Housing estate at Coral Crescent etc,

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

A development of two-storey terraces laid out in parallel blocks, with flat or monopitch roofs, along with a group of semi-detached houses in similar style, all in rustic brick with concrete surrounds to windows and doors. Windows are rectangular timber fixed lights with top-hung vents, varying from white painted originals to stained replacements of different pattern; some later arched windows also introduced.

SETTING: The estate is pleasantly landscaped with lawns and some mature trees.

Historical information

Built for the Admiralty to the designs of T.F.O. Rippingham; drawings dated May 1944; approved February 1945.

References – Primary Sources
1. OS Map 1962, Co Antrim 50.
2. Layout plan for 60 houses dated 16 May 1944 and signed by T.F.O. Rippingham in M.B.R.

Secondary Sources
1. D. Evans, An Introduction to Modern Ulster Architecture (Belfast, 1977), p 6.

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

This is a small housing estate of mid-1940s design in a muted modern style which has undergone a number of inappropriate alterations which detract from its appearance.