65 Cushleake Road, Cushendun, Ballymena, Co. Antrim, BT44

Detached four-bay single-storey rubblestone dwelling, built c.1830. Rectangular on plan facing south east with front entrance porch, two lean-to extensions and located on an elevated site on the north side of Cushleake Road. Pitched natural slate roof with black clay ridge tiles, a single iron rooflight to the front pitch and two rendered chimneystacks. Cast-iron guttering on iron drive-through brackets and cast-iron downpipes. Whitewashed render over rubblestone walling. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills and replacement top-hung timber casement windows. Four-bay east front elevation with off-centre flat-roofed square-plan projecting entrance porch having corrugated iron roof covering and cast-iron rainwater goods. A single diminutive window opening to the left cheek (south west) with fixed-pane timber framed window. Square-headed door opening with vertically-sheeted timber half door having a diminutive light to the upper half. The left bay has a further square-headed door opening with half-glazed sheeted timber door. Blind south west gable with concrete coping and small lean-to extension to the left having corrugated iron roof. To the right is a small animal pen enclosed by rubblestone wall and iron railing with matching gate. Three-bay rear elevation with lean to extensions to north east and south west. North gable abutted by lean-to rubblestone byre having corrugated iron roof and square-headed vehicular opening with double-leaf timber sheeted doors. Roof Natural slate RWG Cast-iron Walling Whitewashed render over rubblestone Windows Replacement timber casement Setting: Located on an elevated site on the north side of Cushleake Road with a small rubblestone outbuilding to the southwest, having corrugated iron roof and vertically-sheeted timber door. Grass driveway descends southwards to the road with a replacement steel gate hung on a square masonry post and timber fence.