Clady Cottage, 17 Clady Road, Dunadry, Templepatrick, Ballyclare, Co. Antrim, BT41 4QR

Clady Cottage is a one and a half storey, three bay, direct entry house located on Clady Road near Dunadry, accessed from the Templepatrick/Antrim road approximately one and a half miles south-west of the former village. The building is reached by turning left just beyond the railway bridge and lies some 500 yards along the right hand side of the road.

The house features a half hipped thatched roof with two chimneystacks set equidistantly on the ridge, each with narrow corbelling and two tall pots. The front elevation displays exposed random rubble stone, as do the north-west gable and part of the rear. The remainder of the external finish is rendered.

The entrance, positioned centrally on the front elevation, comprises an eight panelled moulded and fielded door recessed within a classical doorcase. The doorcase features an elliptical arched fanlight with radial glazing and decorative sidelights set within reeded pilasters. The entrance is flanked on either side by an 8/8 vertically sliding window with small sash stops and sills of traditional depth. All three openings are arched with red brick, with those over the windows exhibiting a slight rise.

The left-hand south-east gable contains two 6/6 vertically sliding windows with small sash stops and traditional depth sills at low level, and a 4x2 top hung casement above. The right-hand north-west gable has a 6/6 vertically sliding window with small sash stops and traditional depth sill at low level and a 4x2 top hung casement above. These gable openings are spanned by voussoired stone arches. An inset stone records the date of erection as 1790 and renovation as 1958.

At the rear, the thatch roof rises in the form of eyebrows to accommodate three triple casement windows, each light divided into 2x3 panes. A double casement with each light divided into 2x3 panes surmounted by a radial fanlight is located at the north-west corner and is rendered. Flat-roofed extensions project at the rear on the north-west side. These extensions begin with a triple casement window with each light divided into 2x3 panes, followed by a four panelled door with leaded lights in the upper parts giving access to the kitchen. The former garage has been fitted with a tripartite window divided 2/2, 6/6, 2/2 with small sash stops and traditional depth sill, and is lit at the rear by a 2x4 casement. A timber shed has been erected to the right of this window. The remaining side of the former garage contains a small plain metal-framed casement and a door with one panel below a 2x3 upper light. The flat-roofed structure extending along the rear of the main house has a pair of casements with each light divided into 2x3 panes and traditional depth sill, flanked on either side by a pair of double doors with 2x3 panes over single panels and with three vertical panes over a single panel on either side. All extensions have rendered finish and flat roofs provided with timber fascias. A concrete brick chimneystack rises over the boiler location within an enclosure in the kitchen.