884 Antrim Road

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Attached two-storey three-bay house, second from left in a terrace of six, built c.1780 and located on the south side of Main Street. The house is rectangular on plan, facing north. The roof is pitched natural slate, with replacement brick chimneys at party wall with neighbouring property. Walling is painted roughcast over contrasting smooth rendered plinth. Fixed multi-pane windows to ground floor and 3/6 timber sashes to first floor, all with exposed sash boxes, painted slightly projecting rendered architraves and painted masonry cills, unless otherwise stated.

The principal (north) elevation is asymmetrical, consisting of an offset entrance with modern replacement part-glazed door in timber frame with transom light and architrave. Left and right bays are lit by a window to ground floor; first floor left bay has two windows; first floor right bay has a diminished in size window.

Rear elevation has replacement uPVC windows and rainwater goods. Window reveals are painted; no architraves. There is an offset uPVC door.

Setting

The house is street fronted. There is a small enclosed yard to rear containing a single-storey rubble stone outbuilding with pitched slated roof and chamfered corner; it has a 16-light fixed timber window.

Roof: Pitched natural slate
Walling: Roughcast
Windows: Multi-pane sashes
RWG: Half-round metal

Historical information

This terrace appears on the first edition OS map of 1834. The owner claims that the house was burnt down and re-built, most likely following total destruction by Royal Troops following the Battle of Antrim on 7th June 1798. Griffiths Valuation of 1859 lists a combination of houses, yards, workshops and a forge in this area, though there is not enough information to identify the description pertaining to each property. The properties were all leased from Viscount Templeton and it is possible that the terrace HB20/12/24A-E, originally functioned as workers cottages, associated with the adjacent Castle Upton estate (HB20/12/019).

References:

Primary
1. PRONI OS/6/1/51/1, 1st edition OS Map, Co. Antrim, 51, 1834
2. PRONI OS/6/1/51/5, 5th edition OS Map, Co. Antrim, 51, 1932
3. PRONI VAL2A/1/51A, Griffiths Valuation Map, 1859
4. PRONI VAL2B/1/71B, Griffiths Valuation Field book, 1859

Secondary
1. Information from the owner of a neighbouring terrace.

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

A. Style
B. Proportion
C. Ornamentation
K. Group value

Criteria for listing: historic interest

V. Authorship
X. Local Interest
Z. Rarity

Evaluation

One of a terrace of six, this late eighteenth century two-storey roughcast house has been much altered. The terrace occupies a defining position in the village of Templepatrick. Despite changes to internal layout and original fabric, the integrity of the group is maintained by the retention of original multi-paned windows with exposed boxes, and understated ornamentation such as the rendered plinth and architraves. The terrace is a relatively unusual example of urban vernacular and estate architecture. Associations with the Battle of Antrim and the Castle Upton estate enhance the historical value of the terrace.

General comments

This record has been renumbered and was previously HB20/12/025B