G E McKee, 17 Bridge Street, Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, BT52 1DR

A single-bay two-storey mid-terraced Georgian shop with bowed front and traditional-style ground floor shopfront; built c.1820 and located to the north side of Bridge Street in Coleraine town centre. Rectangular plan with single-storey roughcast rendered return (c.1950) to rear. Pitched natural slate roof with blue-black angled ridge tiles. Curved cast-iron half-round rainwater goods on metal brackets. Walling is painted smooth render. Windows are 3/1 timber sash with horns and projecting sills; plate glass windows to shopfront. The principal elevation faces south and is bowed with two windows at first floor over shopfront. Shopfront comprises plate glass windows with timber frame on a ceramic tiled stall riser, recessed splayed porch to left and slender fluted cast-iron column supporting the upper floor. Porch is tiled to left side with inset timber-framed glazed display unit; fully glazed at right side; modern tiles to floor and a painted timber ceiling. Original three-panelled timber door with glazed top section and brass pull handle surmounted by plain transom light. Metal-sheeting to fascia is printed and reads “G-E-Kee”. The west elevation is abutted by adjoining building (HB03/18/019). The north (rear) elevation is abutted at ground floor by the single-storey extension (c.1950), of little interest. Upper storeys could not be viewed. The east elevation is abutted by adjoining building (HB03/18/041). Setting: Prominently situated on Bridge Street in Coleraine town centre, forming part of a Georgian terrace of two-and three-storey commercial units in the most-westerly pedestrianised area of the town. Bridge Street leads from the Town Hall (HB03/18/001) at east to the Bann Bridge at west. No access to rear. Roof: Natural slate Walling: Painted smooth render Windows: 3/1 timber sash with horns to first floor RWG: Cast-iron