1 Maud Cottages, Cushendun, Co.Antrim

1 Maud Cottages is a two-storey Arts and Crafts-style house built in 1926 to designs by the London-based architect Clough Williams-Ellis. It is the northern end building within a terrace of four interwar dwellings, replacing a former coastguard station.

The house has a rectangular plan-form. The lower storey is finished in white rendered and painted plaster, while the upper storey is clad in slate. The building features recessed arcading on the ground floor with a central bow window. Windows are Georgian-glazed timber sliding sash, with outer bays fitted with timber shutters. The pitched slate roof is finished with terracotta ridge tiles and has three rendered, painted tall chimney stacks with clay pots.

The principal north-east elevation faces onto an open green overlooking the bay. Access is gained via a gravel driveway from Bay Road, approached through a pair of square whitewashed stone pillars with iron gates. The entrance is marked by a semicircular-headed painted panelled timber door with decorative metal furniture. To the left is a single recessed blind bay; to the right is a single square-headed window with timber painted shutters. The ground floor arcaded section has a white painted rendered finish set on a contrasting coloured plinth.

The fenestration pattern of the terrace row is irregular, with only the end bays on ground floor level aligning with bays on first floor level. The square-headed timber sliding sash windows incorporate a cottage style aesthetic throughout the design. Half-round cast-iron guttering discharges to circular section cast-iron downpipes.

The south-east elevation is adjoined to the neighbouring property No. 2. The south-west elevation overlooks a rear yard containing a small lean-to stone outbuilding, bounded by a high stone wall and hedge. The rear elevation, facing Main Street, consists of two square-headed window bays to the slated upper storey overlooking a large open green.

The north-west gable-end elevation features a projecting white painted rendered chimney stack with a recessed stone plaque inscribed with the name 'Maud Cottages'. On either side of this stack are single square-headed timber sliding sash windows, with the lower section of walling in white painted rendered on a painted plinth base.

The building underwent general renovations in 2011, which included reslating the roof and restoring the windows.

The house is situated within a Conservation Area in Cushendun village, in close proximity to the River Dun and within a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It forms part of a terrace of four white painted rendered Arts and Crafts-style houses set behind painted metal railings.