2 Hopefield Avenue, Portrush, Co. Antrim, BT56 8HF

A two storey corner, semi-detached building sitting at the junction of Hopefield Avenue and Crocknamac Road, overlooking open ground on the edge of Portrush town. Designed c.1930 in the Arts and Crafts style, the whole being a J-shaped plan with a turret rising from the bottom corner. Hipped roof of natural Northumberland slate with terracotta ridge tiles; a hexagonal conical turret on the north corner with a lead finial, gables with timber fascias; eaves have exposed rafters; red brick chimneys with stepped tops and concrete copings. Gutters and rainwater downpipes are uPVC. Walls are primarily of painted pebble dash render over a stretcher bond red brick plinth; gables are applied half timbered; bays have hung slate and lead sheeting between floors. Windows are square-headed with brick and terracotta tile cills. The windows are assorted: original 6 paned timber frames with metal casements and top lights with leaded stained and obscure glass over; 2 and 3 paned metal casements and uPVC replacements (some within the original timber frames). Door is 3 panelled, the upper panel with a circular leaded light. The main east elevation has two gabled slightly projecting bays; the one to the south has half timbering to the first floor, the ground floor houses a garage door; the bay in the centre has a half-timbered gable on timber brackets either side of a canted bay, slate hanging between windows. On the north corner a hexagonal turret projects slightly, fully glazed to each floor with lead sheeting between. The entrance and adjacent diminutive rectangular window is to the north of the canted bay and is covered by a flat roofed canopy on a timber bracket. The elevation is 6 windows wide, double casements, tripartite with casements and toplights and single pane. The side south elevation is one window wide (both replacements) with the half-timbering turning the corner from the front elevation on the first floor. To the west is a walled back yard with a plank door. The rear west elevation (partially seen) is 3 windows wide to the southern section and abuts HB03/10/065B to the north. The side north elevation has a casement window on each floor to the west of the corner turret. Setting: 2 Hopefield Avenue turns the west corner of Hopefield Avenue and the south side of Crocknamac Road which is on the edge of a residential area facing the Metropole Park and Portrush centre to the north. It is set back from the street with a surrounding lawn and hedge. Abutting to the east is HB03/10/065B. Schedule: Roof: Northumberland slate Walls: pebble dashed render Windows: timber, metal and uPVC RWGs: uPVC.