43 Ann Street, Ballycastle, Co Antrim, BT54 6AA

This is a late 19th-century building, likely erected in the 1880s, which forms one of an original pair with number 41 Ann Street, sharing similar dormer design and a continuous cornice and stringcourse; this contributes to its group value. The building has a shop and is two bays wide, with two and a half storeys and a basement.

The ground floor features a central shop door with a large glazed panel, flanked by large single-pane plate glass shop windows without cills. The masonry under the windows and between the shop door is rendered smooth. A deep fascia displays the single word “Nolan” in block lettering, positioned off-centre. A drain is visible on the fascia, leading to a trunkhead and downpipe, potentially serving a washbasin on the first floor. The shopfront projects forward approximately 500mm beyond the main façade line. The first floor has two double-hung sash windows with slight segmental heads and moulded architraves. A moulded stringcourse runs across the façade, stepping up around the windows. Above the windows is an ogee gutter, resembling a stringcourse, and below are the cills of the dormers. Two dormers are positioned above, each with double-hung sash windows and gabled bargeboards with a scalloped lower edge. A shallow frieze with a gutter sits below the roof gutter. The roof is covered in natural slates, and the dormer cheeks are rendered smooth.

The rear has a small return with a flat roof at basement level. Modern windows are present at basement level and one horizontal window on the ground floor; the other ground and first-floor windows are double-hung sash windows with two panes. A ladder fire escape extends from a first-floor window to the flat roof. A flat-roofed dormer, full width of the rear, is clad in P.V.C. with two modern-style windows. The remainder of the rear roof is slated. Chimney stacks are at each end of the building. The facades of numbers 41 and 43 are set back slightly from the building line, but the shopfronts adhere to the building line.

The building was renovated in 1987, which included the replacement of the shopfront and alterations to the rear. Surviving interior fabric on the upper floors is of interest. The building is located within a conservation area and the listing includes the house, shop front and return.