11 Marine Parade, Whitehead, Carrickfergus, Co Antrim, BT38 9QP

11 Marine Parade is an end-of-terrace two-storey house built in 1870, located to the west of Marine Parade in Whitehead overlooking Belfast Lough. It was constructed as part of a four-house terrace under the direction of architect Timothy Hevey, marking the first phase of Whitehead's development as a seaside town. The completion of the road from Carrickfergus to Larne in 1854 and the extension of the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway to Whitehead in 1864 provided the impetus for this late-nineteenth-century development boom. The terrace is first shown on the third edition Ordnance Survey map of 1902.

The building is L-shaped on plan with a projecting gable and a lower three-bay two-storey return. The exterior features pitched and hipped natural slate roofs with roll-moulded black clay ridge tiles and a large redbrick shared chimneystack (rebuilt around 1990). The walling is painted rendered with a projecting rendered plinth course. A pair of window openings to the front gable have segmental heads to the first floor and round heads to the ground floor, with the ground floor openings displaying stop-chamfer detailing to the reveals and a central colonette with foliate capital. The remainder of the openings are square-headed. Original single-pane timber sash windows survive throughout with painted concrete sills. Plastic rainwater goods are fixed to overhanging eaves with exposed rafter feet, whilst timber bargeboards and brackets embellish the front gable.

The principal architectural interest is provided by the ornate timber porch set to the right of the gabled front. It comprises a canted structure with a hipped natural slate roof and plastic rainwater goods on sprocketed eaves. The porch is constructed of timber with stop-chamfer detailing and features a double-leaf timber panelled door with diagonally-sheeted panels, flanked by sidelights and rectangular overlights. This ornamental timberwork enlivens an otherwise plainly detailed exterior and contributes significantly to the attractive frontage presented by the group to Whitehead's picturesque seafront promenade.

A raised front garden is enclosed by a rendered wall and concrete footpath with steel handrails. A bitumac drive runs along the north side elevation, providing rear access to the adjacent property. To the rear is a small enclosed yard accessed via a lane, with further garden ground beyond.

The building retains original features both internally and externally and forms part of the Whitehead Conservation Area. Although it presents a well-preserved example of the seaside development housing of the period, it is not considered of sufficient individual interest to warrant listing. The other houses in the original terrace have undergone alterations to an extent that precludes them from being listed under group value.

Valuation records from the 1920s indicate the house was occupied by Willie Lavery in 1928 (revised to Robert Hutchinson in 1931) and leased from J.C Hayes, being valued at £20.