Former workshop, Near 66 Knockaduff Road, Aghadowey, Coleraine, BT51 4DB

Former Workshop near Knockaduff Road, Aghadowey

This two-storey block is aligned north-west to south-east and comprises two adjoining buildings. Building 1, at the north-west end, is the earlier structure. Its south-east gable is abutted by Building 2.

Building 1 is a two-storey, single-bay building with a pitched natural slate roof, much of which is now missing. A brick chimney in poor repair stands on the south-east gable. Half-round rainwater goods are partly missing. The walls are constructed of random rubble field stones with brick eaves and vestiges of whitewashed lime render.

The south-west elevation, facing the river, contains four window openings on the ground floor, all with flat brick heads and jambs. Where surviving, the window cills comprise clay tiles stamped "Clayton's / Agivey / Patent". The left window retains remains of a 3x1-pane timber-framed window. The first floor has five window openings, detailed as and aligned with those below but with shallow segmental heads. A small rectangular opening appears at the bottom left corner of the fourth window from the left, which probably facilitated handling of long lengths of timber inside the building; a corresponding opening exists on the north-east elevation.

The north-west gable is abutted at ground floor level by a single-storey continuation with no wall break; the roof has collapsed and is now inaccessible. The gable above, on the main building, has completely collapsed. The north-east elevation, fronting the yard, is also five openings wide. The ground floor contains a pedestrian doorway with timber half-door, three window openings to the left and middle, and a much wider double-leaf timber door at right. The first floor has four windows and a wide double-leaf timber loading door at right; these openings are aligned with and detailed as those on the south-west elevation. The second first-floor window from the left has a rectangular opening at its bottom right corner corresponding with the opening on the south-west elevation.

Building 2 is a two-storey, single-bay building abutting the south-east gable of Building 1 and is slightly lower. Its ground floor is a continuation of Building 1, but its first floor has been added; a clear wall break between them is visible at this level. The pitched roof is covered with clay pantiles. Rainwater goods are missing. The walls are of random rubble field stones with brick to eaves and partly to quoins.

The south-west elevation has two window openings at ground floor and first floor levels. The two ground-floor openings are obscured by dense overgrowth. The left opening at first-floor level is trimmed with brick; the other is of stone and has been infilled with concrete blocks. The south-east gable is abutted at ground floor level by a now-ruinous single-storey structure with pitched roof, now collapsed but discernible as a ghost imprint in the gable. Two 3x1-pane windows appear on the first floor, with a metal door at the gable apex. The north-east elevation has a pedestrian doorway at left and a wide opening at right on the ground floor; the latter has a pre-cast concrete head and concrete block jambs. The first floor contains a window at left and double-leaf loading door at right.

The premises overlook the Macosquin River to the south-west and are enclosed on all sides by open fields. The block partly delineates the south-west side of a small yard, within which stands a derelict single-storey, single-bay shed with corrugated-metal roof supported on timber uprights and with open sides. Loose brick in the yard is stamped "P & M Hurll Ltd". A gate at the north-west corner of the yard provides access to an unsurfaced laneway from Knockduff Road. This lane, now partly overgrown, formerly continued over the river on a footbridge, apparently removed when the river was dredged.