8 Shane's Terrace, Shane's Street, Randalstown, Antrim, Co Antrim, BT41 2AB

This is a single-storey terrace house with attic, built of coursed hammer-dressed basalt rubble with fine, slightly recessed jointing and red brick dressings. It is part of a terrace of 14 houses that face the main road but are set back behind front gardens, with the houses arranged in alternating pairs with handed plans.

Roof and Dormer

The roof is covered with Bangor blue slates laid in regular courses, with dark-toned ridge tiles. There is one small original flush rooflight to the right and one original gabled dormer to the left. The dormer roof is slated to match the main roof, with timber barge boards of fretted pattern. The dormer cheeks are also slated, and the front contains a rectangular timber fixed light with a side-hung casement, all plate glass set in a timber frame, with horizontal boarding to the gable above. A chimney sits on the roof ridge at the left-hand extremity, built of red brick with a projecting brick cornice and four pots; it is shared with the adjoining house to the left and carries one television aerial.

Front Elevation

The main entrance faces south-west. A projecting red brick eaves course runs along the wall. Cast iron guttering with one shared cast iron downpipe (common with the adjoining house) drains the roof. The front elevation contains one window to the left of the doorway. Both are set in red brick block surrounds with flat arches to their heads. The window is a rectangular timber sliding sash, vertically hung with 1 over 1 glazing and horns, with an exposed sash box and a projecting stone cill painted. The doorway contains a modern rectangular timber 2-panel glazed door, stained brown with translucent glazing, set below a similarly glazed rectangular fanlight, all in a timber surround; it is fitted with a modern metal knocker and letterbox.

Rear Elevation and Return

The rear elevation comprises a single-storey rear wall to the left with a lower rear return projecting at the right, with the main roof swept down over it. The rear roof is slated as the front, with one small original flush rooflight. The rear wall and walls of the return are built of roughly coursed basalt rubble with original lime mortar visible in places, though some areas have later cement pointing; projecting brick eaves courses mark the wall tops. Red brick block dressings surround the window in the rear wall and the doorway and window in the return; however, the window in the return has been widened to one side with plain basalt rubble to the jamb. Cast iron gutters run along the rear wall and return, with cast iron downpipes; a PVC soil pipe is located on the rear wall of the front block and a PVC waste pipe on the rear wall of the return. The window in the rear wall is a modern rectangular timber fixed light with top-hung vent beneath a projecting thin concrete cill. The window in the return is similar with a similar cill. The doorway in the side of the return contains a modern rectangular flush timber door with a glazed panel of translucent glass. All openings have smooth cement rendered reveals. A recessed area between the rear wall and return is paved with concrete. A television aerial on a timber post is fixed in the angle of the rear return.

Setting and Outbuildings

The front garden is grassed with a concrete path leading to a small modern painted iron gate set in plain circular iron posts, which provides pedestrian access. The front garden is bounded by hedges. Across the rear elevation runs a gravelled communal driveway. Beyond this driveway is a line of basalt rubble outhouses or garages, some with rendering to their side walls. The detached garage for this house has PVC rainwater goods, Bangor blue slates, a modern flush steel up-and-over garage door, and modern reticulated pointing to its masonry; it is fitted with a modern metal flue pipe.