890 Antrim Road

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Attached three-storey three-bay house, second from right 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 brick chimneys at gables and party wall. Walling is roughcast over contrasting smooth rendered plinth. Replacement timber 8/8 sliding sash windows to ground and first floor, 4/4 at second floor, all with exposed sash boxes, rendered architraves and rendered masonry cills, unless otherwise stated.

The principal (north) elevation is symmetrical, consisting of central entrance. Left and right bays are lit by a window to ground floor; first floor and second floor. Hardwood eight-panel door, in timber frame, with decorative transom light and side lights with timber panel below. Original letter box, door bell and decorative wall mounted light brackets.

Rear elevation has been abutted by a series of modern lean-to and cat-slide extensions, including new chimney. All of which are of no historical interest. The house is street fronted with enclosed yard to rear bound by large roughcast walls and single-storey office to rear.

Roof: Natural slate
Walling: Roughcast with smooth rendered plinth
Windows: Replacement timber 8/8 sliding sash at ground and first floor and 4/4 at second floor.
RWG: Cast iron

Historical information

This terrace appears on the first edition OS map of 1834 and again on the fifth edition map of 1932. The occupier of No. 888 Antrim Road (HB20/12/023E) talks about a time when the terraces where connected internally and how the building remains as part of an important terrace block in terms of its historical association, as these houses are believed to be the original workers cottages, where the workers of the Castle Upton estate would have lived. (HB20/12/019)

Rebuilt after almost total destruction by Royal Troops following the Battle of Antrim 6th June 1798.

REFERENCES:

Primary
PRONI OS/6/1/51/1, 1st edition OS Map, Co. Antrim, 51, 1834
PRONI OS/6/1/51/5, 5th edition OS Map, Co. Antrim, 51, 1932

Secondary
Occupier of No.888 Antrim Road (HB20/12/025D).

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

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

Criteria for listing: historic interest

V. Authorship
X. Local Interest
Y. Social, Cultural or Economic Importance

Evaluation

One of a terrace of six, this late eighteenth century three-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 HB20/12/024.