9 Atlantic Avenue, Portrush, Co Antrim, BT55 7QB

Relatively small two-storey terrace shop of c.1855-60 with shopfront of 1909-10. To the rear is a slightly lower, two-storey return. The building is street fronted, facing into Atlantic Avenue, a short street that traverses the narrow peninsula on which the town centre of Portrush is located. Originally the shop was positioned within the centre of a continuous two-storey terrace, however, the bulk of the terrace to the east has been demolished, with this property now actually semi-detached. The ground floor has a full width shopfront which is framed with decorative pilasters. Each of these are set on a small projecting base and has a tiled shaft and a decorative console bracket capital. The tiles are Art Nouveau Style. The capitals form stop ends to the framed fascia. The fascia tilts forward slightly and has a glazed surface protecting the guilded shop-name lettering; to the centre this has decorative italicised lettering spelling out the name of the proprietor ‘Thomas Cameron’ and a decorative cartouche at either side containing the words ‘Family’ and ‘Butcher’ in serif capitals. To the left side are paired timber glazed panelled doors with a boarded overlight, whilst the large shop window is set on a low stall riser. The shop window and glazed panels to the doors are all boarded. To first floor there are two-evenly spaced flat-headed windows openings each with 2/2 timber sash frames. These openings have plain reveals and painted stone sills. Between the windows there is a projecting sign of probable late 20th century date. The now exposed eastern gable is blank The eastern face and the south gable of the return are also blank The returns to nos. 9 and 11 are linked with a two-storey yard wall. There appears to be a narrow land-locked yard between the returns. The roofs are slated with blue/black fireclay ridge tiles to the main roof and fibre cement slate to the return roof. There are shallow projecting eaves courses to both roofs. Rainwater goods remain on the front façade only and these are galvanised metal. There is a cast-iron rooflight to the eastern side of the return roof. Walls are finished in render, ruled and lined to the front and plain elsewhere. Window frames are timber as is the shop window and fascia; console brackets appear to be moulded plaster.