51-57 Ann Street, Ballycastle, Co Antrim, BT54 6AA

A 6 bay wide, 3 storey building with basements and back returns. On ground floor to Ann St from left entrance door to flats with neo classical surround of pilasters, frieze and pediment in plaster, shopfront with recessed entrance, door with upper single glazed panel, large display window on each side and returned onto entrance, a pilaster on each side, further along another display window with 3 large panes and pilasters on each side. Over display window a long glass name fascia with cornice and bold lettering. Finnegans in gold lettering. At end of façade, another door, with glazed panel and rectangular fanlight. At 1st floor a continuous stringcourse in line with 1st floor windows. High above each window and a little below the gutter 6 no. oculii, with centre mullion. Façade wall cement rendered, lined and painted below stringcourse. Single aluminium downpipe, ½ round gutter. Roof slated with 2 velux rooflights. Chimneystacks at each end. To the rear the building is 4 floors high including basement with 2/3 storey back returns, between the returns galvanised steel fire escape stairs. The flats are entered from Ann Street and rear of building. To access rear entrances it is necessary to go through entry/gateway of No. 49 where there is step gradient to lower level. Windows to flats are PVC vertical 2 pane type. Between the returns some former double hung sliding sash 4 pane windows are retained as are the oculii to the rear. Walls are smooth rendered, lined and unpainted. Roof natural slated with 2 no. velux rooflights. Behind the building a stone faced store (HB05/14/014F). No. 51/57 continues the building line of Ann St and though not much higher than No. 49 reads is as a large building.