The Forge, John Street, Randalstown, Antrim, Co Antrim

A single-storey, three-bay gabled building with a lower rear return. Main entrance faces west. Entrance elevation: roof of Bangor blue slates in regular courses, with dark toned ridge tiles. One chimney, to south gable: red brick with projecting brick cornice; two modern red pots. Wall of basalt rubble with red brick block quoins and dressings to openings; projecting brick eaves course. Masonry has been repointed in cement. Cast iron gutter and downpipe. Symmetrical elevation comprising a window to each side of a central entrance. Windows are modern timber small-paned replacement casements, covered over with new rectangular sheeted timber shutters on iron hinges; deep concrete lintels; projecting concrete cills. Entrance comprises a semi-circular brick archway, with chamfered reveals, containing an arched ledged timber door flanked by arched plate glass sidelights; all woodwork new. North gable is of similar walling, with smooth cement rendered strips to verges; elevation contains a ground floor window, as previous to entrance elevation, but larger; with a small circular brick dressed opening to the apex of the gable, but now blocked in the recess with what looks like cement render. Rear elevation of front block: slated roof and walling as previous to entrance elevation except cement pointing is of cruder quality; cast iron gutter but downpipe now missing. One doorway, to right-hand side: rectangular timber ledged door in timber frame, recessed in red brick block surrounds; concrete doorstep. One window, to left of doorway: brick dressed with concrete lintel and cill but boarded up. Rear return projects at left-hand side. Rear return has roof slated as previous; one chimney, on gable, similar to previous. Walls of red brick with projecting eaves course, and smooth rendered strips to verges of gable; cast iron gutters and downpipe. One window in each side wall: concrete lintels and cills; one on north side now boarded up; one on south side has sheeted external shutters as previous. South gable of front block: walling as previous to entrance front except cement pointing is smeared over much of the stonework; two small segmental brick arched openings, blocked with red brick, near base of wall, with red brickwork rising above them to converge at apex of gable below chimney. One brick to right-hand breast is inscribed, 'Annadale Brick Co Ltd Works, Ormeau Road, Belfast', but is set upside own. SETTING: The building stands detached, in a car park, within the built-up area of the town. Its perimeter is bordered by a pavement of concrete brick paving, with tarmac parking spaces and car park access roads surrounding it. The car park is located in an area to the rear of the two main streets in the town, and is overlooked mainly by the rear of buildings.