House, Novally Road, Glebe TD, Ballycastle, County Antrim

Small, one and a half-storey vernacular house of probable pre-1830s construction, possibly raised a storey in the early 1900s, now derelict. The house stands on the south side of Novally Road, roughly half a mile southwest of Ballycastle.

The front elevation is symmetrical, with a doorway at the centre and a square window on either side, all now boarded up. Internal observation reveals that the windows have modern timber frames. The east gable features a small window to the right on the upper level, with a modern timber frame. A similar window appears to the left on the upper level of the west gable. Roughly at the centre of the rear elevation stands a single-storey lean-to with a doorway to the east face.

Most of the facade is finished in roughcast, although much has come away from the front and rear, with the latter now heavily covered in plant growth. The lean-to is finished in dry dash to the east face at least, with the other faces now obscured by plant growth. The gabled roof of the main section is slated, and there is a brick chimneystack to the east gable. Undoubtedly another stack exists to the west gable, but due to thick plant growth this could not be confirmed.

A building matching the present shape is shown on the Ordnance Survey map of 1832, though not recorded in the near contemporary valuation. In the 1859 valuation, the occupant is recorded as Reverend William G. Boyd, which suggests a possible relationship with the nearby Ramoan rectory at that point, though the building appears too modest for a clergyman. In 1876 William Hayes is recorded as the resident, with William Garner Boyd Hayes listed in 1897. The next occupant was Ann McLaughlin around 1907, followed by Mary McLaughlin in 1908 and Roy Ferguson in 1920. Mr Ferguson appears to have remained there until the 1970s.

The building may have been built as a single-storey structure, with the roof raised at some point. The interior detailing suggests that if this work occurred, it may have been carried out in the early 1900s, though the valuations contain no recorded information on the matter.