Moyadam, 35 Paradise Walk, Templepatrick, Antrim, Co Antrim, BT39 0DD

Moyadam is a two-storey gabled house with three bays to its main block and a lower gabled two-storey wing attached to one end, displaying characteristic Victorian period styling. The building stands on an elevated rural site near Templepatrick, overlooking a motorway to the south, positioned sideways to a road that formerly connected Templepatrick to Parkgate but is now a cul-de-sac due to motorway construction.

The main block has a symmetrical south-facing elevation with a central entrance flanked by a pair of windows on each side. The roof is laid with Bangor blue slates in regular courses. Walls are smooth cement rendered with raised quoins at the extremities, a projecting plinth, and a projecting frieze. A corbel course supports the moulded gutter beneath cast iron downpipes. Three chimneys, smooth cement rendered with projecting cornices and angled caps, rise from the roof.

Windows throughout are segmental arched timber sliding sashes, 1 over 1 with horns, set in raised block dressings of smooth render. The entrance comprises a rectangular 4-panel door within a chamfered timber framed screen incorporating rectangular sidelights and a fanlight. The surround is recessed in a chamfered opening with fluted pilasters and a modelled flat arch of faceted rustication with floriated details. This modelled work is a recent replacement using moulds made from the original surround.

The wing to the left contains two pairs of windows to each floor and two chimneys, with detailing and fabric matching the main block. The west gable is rendered as an entrance front with two rectangular sashed windows. Extending left is a single-storey rear return rendered as the main facades, containing rectangular sashed windows and fitted with a recently installed timber glazed doorscreen in a wide arched brick dressed opening. The north gable and east side of this return are constructed of basalt rubble, the latter featuring a projecting brick eaves course. Metal gutters and cast iron downpipes serve the return.

Rear elevations of both house and wing are rendered as the front with rectangular timber sashes, 1 over 1 with horns, set in raised and chamfered surrounds, except for one window containing decorative leaded glazing. A new rectangular ledged timber door in the wing serves as a rear entrance within a raised and chamfered surround. A further ledged timber door in the main block descends a flight of stone steps to a small basement. The rear wall of the main block is battered full height; the wing wall is plumb. The east gable is a blank rendered wall, also fully battered. Roofs are slated as previously described with metal rainwater goods throughout.

The setting comprises a front garden with lawn and mature trees, bordered along the road by a rendered wall surmounted by decorative iron railings. Gate piers and end piers are square with chamfered edges, weathered caps, and corbel courses; a pedestrian gate echoes the ironwork of the railings. A rendered wall with a gateway of square piers and looped iron gates separates the front garden from the rear yard.

To the rear stands a range of two-storey outbuildings occupying three sides of the rear yard, built of basalt rubble with painted brick dressings and slated roofs hipped and gabled. Wide arched open entrances and rectangular window openings characterise the exteriors. Interiors are stone walled with concrete floors and timber roofs of no special architectural interest. The outbuildings are partially derelict with no features of special interest.

The precise date of construction is not known, though the building appears on the Ordnance Survey map of 1902. The maps of 1832 and 1857 suggest earlier configurations on the site. Stylistically, the plasterwork and fireplace details indicate a construction date of around 1870. The property was owned by J.B. Minford in the 1880s.