1 Parade Ground, Randalstown, Antrim, Co Antrim, BT41 3AA

1 Parade Ground is a two-storey, two-bay house forming part of a terrace of seven houses in Randalstown, Antrim.

The main entrance is located in a projecting porch on the east elevation. The east elevation comprises a two-storey main block containing two windows, one to each floor, positioned to the left of the single-storey gabled porch. The main block roof is of synthetic slates laid in regular courses. A single chimney stands at the left-hand gable, constructed of modern concrete brickwork with a projecting brick block cornice and two modern pots.

The main wall is smooth rendered with a projecting eaves course on the frieze, all painted white, and raised quoins to the left-hand extremity painted black. The base of the main wall is also painted black to resemble a plinth. A cast iron gutter runs along the eaves. The windows are rectangular timber 4-pane fixed lights with 2-pane top-hung vents, set in plain reveals and painted white, with projecting stone or concrete cills painted black.

The porch has a roof of synthetic slates in regular courses with overhanging eaves and exposed rafter feet. The gable is ornamented with decorative timber barge boards featuring scrolling fretwork. A cast iron gutter and downpipe are fitted. The walls are rendered like the main block, including raised quoins to the outer corners painted black. The front wall of the porch contains a window forming a pair with the adjoining house: a rectangular timber 2-pane fixed light with a single-pane top-hung vent. The side wall facing south contains the main entrance, a new rectangular timber panelled and glazed door set in plain reveals with a composition doorstep.

The south elevation is a blank gable rendered with wet dash of crushed stones and painted white. Raised smooth rendered quoins to the extremities are painted black. Overhanging eaves feature a timber boarded soffit and timber barge boards ornamented with scrolling fretwork similar to the front porch. Vertical black painted metal trunking for cables runs up the right-hand side of the gable. A basalt rubble boundary wall extends to the left, forming the boundary to the rear yard.

The rear elevation is two-storey with a roof matching the front elevation and rendered walls as described. A cast iron gutter with cast iron downpipe is fitted. The windows are modern rectangular timber fixed lights with top-hung vents and projecting stone or concrete cills. Windows to the left-hand side of the door are coupled with windows of the adjoining house, contained within a recessed common opening with a broad timber sash box as a central common mullion. The doorway contains a rectangular timber glazed and panelled stained hardwood door. Projecting at the right-hand side at ground floor is a single-storey rear return of outbuildings with a lean-to roof of corrugated iron, smooth rendered walls painted white with a black painted plinth, and a PVC gutter and downpipe.

The building stands within the built-up area of the town, within a terrace of seven houses that faces the river but is set well back from it, with extensive hardstanding in front surfaced partly in tarmac. The front boundary to the hardstanding is formed by a low rendered retaining wall to the riverbank, with a large metal pipe across it on concrete supports, viewed through a screen of mature trees. The front open area is bounded to the north by a basalt retaining wall surmounted by original iron railings, retaining the end of the elevated main street. The front open area is bounded to the south by a tall, now defunct, railway viaduct built of snecked basalt rubble. A small concrete area lies immediately outside the front entrance. A tarmac communal drive runs past the end gable between it and the railway viaduct. At the rear is an open yard or compound common to all houses in the terrace, mainly of hard surfacing, with a concrete area immediately to the rear of this house. Slated single-storey basalt rubble garages or sheds form the west boundary to the rear area.