'Rathmoyle', 122 Glenarm Road, Larne, Co Antrim, BT40 1DZ

Rathmoyle is a substantial two-storey suburban residence dating to around 1898, built in the Free Style manner. It is set on a slight rise at the junction of Glenarm Road and Hawkinge Avenue on the northern outskirts of Larne. The building is finished throughout in unpainted cement render.

The plan form is roughly L-shaped, comprising a main square-plan gabled section to the east and a large full-height gabled return to the west. A single-storey flat-roofed section, originally a walled-off yard, connects the return to a large two-storey gabled former outbuilding now converted to living accommodation.

The most distinctive architectural features are the full-height curved bays with conical (curved hip) slated roofs topped with saw-tooth fire clay ridge tiles and decorative finials. The main entrance is located on the east face of the ground floor of a large bay to the left-hand side of the south gable. It comprises a large panelled timber door with rectangular fanlight, approached through a lean-to veranda-like open porch with geometric patterned, somewhat oriental-influenced wrought iron framework supporting an obscured glass lean-to roof with terrazzo flooring.

Windows throughout are predominantly narrow sash windows in the typical Edwardian manner, with clear glazing to the lower sash and four roughly square panes to the upper sash. The south face of the entrance bay features a tall sash window, with another narrow opening (mostly glazed door) on its west face. The upper floor of this bay has three windows on a cill course. To the right of the entrance bay on the first floor of the south gable is a narrow, stylised bartizan-like projection with an ogee roof and decorative finial, reportedly influenced by the nearby Ballygally Castle. A matching bartizan projection appears at the southeast corner. The east elevation of the main section features two large full-height curved bays, each with three windows on both floors and a cill course. Ground floor windows are surmounted by cornice-like projecting hood mouldings grouped closely enough to almost form a string course.

The north gable of the main section has a single window on each floor. The north face of the return has a large modern picture window to the left on the ground floor and a modern glazed door to the right. The first floor contains three unevenly spaced windows; the rightmost is as standard, while the other two have plain upper sashes filled with obscured glazing serving as bathroom windows. The south face of the return features a full-height curved bay matching that on the east elevation of the main section, with a single plain sash window to each floor on its right side.

The single-storey flat-roofed section has plain-sheeted and modern glazed doors with sidelight to its north face, which supports a recent open lean-to acting as a carport. The south face has a modern glazed door. The former outbuilding has modern picture windows to its north and west elevations and a smaller modern-framed window to the west face. Its south gable has a modern-framed window at first-floor level.

All gabled sections feature slated roofs with saw-tooth fire clay ridge tiles and finials, together with relatively tall rendered parapets with verge courses and kneelers. The main section and return also have cornice-like eaves courses. Three rendered chimneystacks crown the three main gables, each topped with a cornice-like course. Ground-floor render on the south and east of the main house and return features channel-jointed lining. Cast iron rainwater goods are present throughout.

The property includes a small garden to the east, a tarmac driveway to the north leading to a larger garden which contains a timber-framed greenhouse.