22 Scotch Quarter, Carrickfergus, Co Antrim, BT38 7DP

22 Scotch Quarter, Carrickfergus

A two-storey house with a slated gabled roof, positioned on the main road overlooking a public park with open views to the sea. It forms the end of a terrace development of three three-storey houses within the built-up urban area of the town.

The south elevation, facing the main road, is two storeys and five windows wide with a central entrance doorway. The roof is laid in Bangor blue slates in regular courses with black tiles on the ridge. It runs between a gable upstand with blue tile copings on the right-hand side and is continuous with the roof of number 20 to the left. Chimneys at each extremity are smooth cement rendered, lined, blocked and topped with original creamware pots. The walls are smooth cement rendered, lined and blocked, then painted cream, with a brown painted plinth and projecting eaves course. A projecting plain rendered cornice sits above the ground floor. Windows are rectangular timber sliding sash, vertically hung, 1 over 1 with horns. Ground floor windows have affixed lightweight plywood arches and steel mesh protective grilles. Windows have projecting cills of stone or concrete and plain reveals. A cast iron gutter with cast iron downpipe runs to the right extremity. The doorway is rectangular with a flush timber door set in a recessed wooden frame with a plain rectangular fanlight above, and a concrete doorstep.

The east elevation comprises a blank gable of the main block, with a two-storey side of rear return extending to the right and rising to a third storey further right. The main block wall is smooth cement rendered, lined and blocked, with cream paint to first floor level only; a crack runs from top to bottom in the render. The return has smooth cement rendered finish, painted cream on the ground floor only. Two first-floor windows are rectangular timber sliding sash, 6 over 6, without horns, with projecting stone cills (one in poor condition). The ground floor has a wide rectangular opening containing a modern timber-framed glazed door and screen with sidelights and fanlight, with a timber lintel painted and a concrete doorstep. The three-storey portion of the return has a rectangular timber glazed and panelled door in a plain recess with a concrete step. To its right are two windows: a rectangular timber sliding sash, 2 over 1 with horns and exposed sashbox, with projecting cill; and a 9-pane timber fixed light. The third floor has a rectangular timber sliding sash window, 6 over 6, without horns. PVC gutter serves the two-storey return; cast iron gutter, downpipe and soil pipe serve the three-storey return.

The north elevation comprises a blank gable with smooth cement rendered wall, painted cream to ground floor only. A rounded corner to the right at ground floor oversails a square corner above.

The west elevation contains, from left to right, a three-storey rear block with two windows on each floor, and a two-storey block stepping forward to its right. The walling matches the north gable. Windows in the three-storey portion are rectangular timber sliding sash, 6 over 6, without horns on ground and first floors; those on the second floor have horns. They have plain reveals and projecting stone cills. Cast iron gutter and downpipe (partly PVC) serve this section. The two-storey return has similar rainwater goods. Two windows, one per floor, both semi-circular arched. The ground floor window is larger: a sliding sash, 6 over 6 with margin lights and tracery lights incorporating intersecting glazing bars, without horns, with projecting stone cill. The first floor window is of similar character but lacks margin lights and appears to be a fixed light.

A concrete yard surrounds the building on each side and to the rear. Standing to the rear beyond the yard is a two-storey outbuilding of poor architectural quality. Its walls are smooth cement rendered with PVC rainwater goods. Most rectangular timber windows have been altered except for one sliding sash, 2 over 2, without horns, to the extreme left on the ground floor. Two doorways are built-up or altered; the main entrance is a modern glazed pair of doors and doorscreen set in a built-up segmental arched opening. The outbuilding roof is laid in Bangor blue slates in regular courses. To the rear of the outbuilding is a large yard extending eastwards to cover the area to the rear of adjacent buildings, numbers 24 and 26 Scotch Quarter.

An alleyway to the side of the house leading to the rear is closed by a modern steel-railed gate and screen. The boundary to the large rear yard is formed by a rubble stone wall with a concrete blockwork gateway.