50 Main Street, Crumlin, Co Antrim, BT29 4UR

50 Main Street, Crumlin

A two-storey gabled building, four windows wide with attics, dating to the 19th century. The building is Grade B2 listed and stands at the end of a terrace facing the main street of the village.

North Elevation

The main entrance faces north. The roof is of Bangor blue slates laid in regular courses between gable copings. There are three chimneys: one on each gable and one in intermediate position on the ridge. The chimneys are smooth cement rendered with moulded cornices; only the ridge chimney has a pot. The wall is smooth cement rendered and lined, with raised quoins to the extremities, a moulded plinth, and a moulded cornice. A cast iron gutter returns to the side elevation on the right.

The first floor contains four windows: rectangular timber vertically hung sliding sashes with 2 over 2 lights and horns, set in aedicule surrounds. Each surround comprises a triangular pediment, curved ornamented brackets, panelled pilasters, and small brackets below projecting cills. Modern canopies over the openings obscure the architectural features at each head.

The ground floor has a main entrance doorway to the left with three similar sashed windows to the right. The doorway features a pair of fluted Ionic columns on short pedestals set in a segmental moulded surround with a deep-set plain fanlight over a lintel with scalloped chamfers to the top and bottom edges. The rectangular timber door is original, four-panel with semi-circular heads to the upper panels, all panels raised and fielded. Original iron doorknob, letterbox, and knocker are retained.

Gables and Attic Storey

The east gable is rendered in wet dash with a patch repaired in smooth cement render, lined and blocked, with raised quoins to the right hand extremity. Two attic windows are present: semi-circular headed, timber vertically hung sliding sashes with 1 over 1 lights and horns, each with a projecting moulded label with ornamented stops.

The west gable is smooth cement rendered, lined and blocked, with one attic window similar to those on the east gable.

Rear Elevation

The rear elevation comprises a 2½ storey main block with a single storey flat-roofed return projecting forward to the left hand side, a two-storey gabled return projecting forward at the extreme right hand end, and a single storey flat-roofed wing across the rear façade of the main block forming a small inner courtyard.

Main house walls are smooth cement rendered, lined and blocked. The roof is of Bangor blue slates in regular courses between gable upstands. Three chimneys are present: smooth cement rendered with moulded cornices, one on each side gable and one in intermediate position on the ridge. Cast iron gutter and downpipes are fitted.

The eaves line is broken by two wall-head dormers with shallow slope roofs. The dormers contain rectangular timber windows, vertically hung sliding sashes with 2 over 2 lights and horns, with concrete cills. Two rectangular first floor windows, sashed as the dormers with similar cills, are located to the left hand side. Two semi-circular headed stair windows are positioned to the right hand side, one above the other: the top window is small with timber vertically hung sliding sash 1 over 1 with horns; the lower window is large, sashed with 3 over 2 lights and margin lights.

The return at the left hand side has a flat roof covered in asphalt, PVC rainwater goods, and rectangular timber windows comprised of fixed lights with top-hung vents. Walls are smooth cement rendered, lined and blocked.

The return at the right hand side has a slated roof of Bangor blues in regular courses and a large chimney of red brick with two original pots. The walls are rendered with dry dash of limestone chippings. PVC rainwater goods are fitted. The gable has an angle-headed ledged timber door to the loft in the apex of the gable, with rectangular double doors (modern) to ground floor, enclosed by a modern lean-to conservatory of white coated aluminium. Windows in the east side of this return are modern timber fixed lights with top-hung vents; west side windows are similar. A single storey wing has similar walling with two similar windows, one to the south face in PVC and one to the west face in timber. The wing has a felt roof with deep painted wooden fascia.

Setting

The building stands facing the main street and forms the end of a terrace. The entrance front is set back slightly from the pavement, with a modern cobbled surface contained either side by original cast iron railings on low plinth walls; the area is open to the pavement. Short stepped path leads from the pavement to the front door through the plinth walls. A large modern shop sign on post is located in the front area.

The rear yard is paved with modern hexagonal concrete pavoirs with raised flower beds. The boundary to the east side of the yard is formed by a rubble blackstone wall with concrete coping. The boundary to the south is formed by modern gabled and lean-to outbuildings with rendered walls.