13 -14 Edenduff Terrace, Antrim, Co Antrim, BT41 4NF

13-14 Edenduff Terrace, Antrim

A pair of single-storey terrace cottages of basalt rubble, now combined into one dwelling. Dating to the mid-Victorian period (tentatively the 1860s), the building forms part of what was originally a block of four similar cottages, itself part of a larger row of five such blocks. The cottages were built by the O'Neill family as housing for workers on the Shane's Castle estate; the terrace first appears on the Ordnance Survey map of 1902. Numbers 13 and 14 were combined into a single dwelling in 1982.

The entrance elevation faces south and is now six bays wide, with a central main entrance located in the former cottage No 14 (to the right); the doorway of former cottage No 13 (to the left) no longer functions. The roof is covered in Bangor blue slates in regular courses with dark-toned ridge tiles. Two chimneys are present: the left-hand gable chimney is of rustic brick (a rebuilding of the original red brick), with a projecting blue-black brick cornice of three courses surmounted by a blocking course of red brick and two pots; the right-hand chimney, common with the adjoining house, is of original red brick and similar design.

The walls are of roughly squared basalt rubble with quoins to the left extremity. A projecting brick eaves course runs across, and red brick flat arches with block dressings frame the openings, though these are partly obscured by later cement reveals and raised surrounds. Lime mortar pointing is used throughout. Windows are rectangular timber sliding sash with one pane over one, fitted with lattice glazing bars, painted white, with horns and exposed white-painted sash boxes; projecting painted stone cills are visible. The doorway to No 13 contains a sheeted timber door surmounted by a plain rectangular fanlight in a moulded timber frame with painted stone block bases. A metal gutter and downpipe are fitted to the right extremity.

The west elevation is a blank gable of basalt rubble mostly obscured by rough lime mortar, with a projecting rendered plinth at the base and overhanging eaves with painted panelled soffits and timber barge boards.

The rear elevation comprises the main front block treated as a single unit and a long new return to the left-hand side, all single-storey with attics. The front block has a slated roof similar to the entrance front and three large modern roof lights. The wall is rendered with a wet dash of crushed stones over a smooth cement-rendered plinth, with timber eaves boards and a PVC gutter. Two modern rectangular fixed windows with top-hung vents are set in smooth rendered surrounds with projecting concrete cills. The return has similar walling and roof with comparable openings, and features a modern steel-railed balcony to the first floor in the gable.

The building retains notable lattice glazing to its front windows despite other losses of original features. Together with the rest of the houses in the terrace row, it forms a group of definite character in a pleasant rural setting. The terrace stands at the edge of a block facing the main road but set back from it, separated by kerbstones, with the heavily wooded demesne of Shane's Castle (bounded by a basalt rubble wall) opposite. A gravelled driveway runs along the gable of No 13 to a large gravelled area to the north, where a modern gabled garage and garden are located.