37b Cockhill Road (North of 37), Hannastown, Ballymena, BT42 2JP

An attached lobby-entry single-storey vernacular dwelling of rubblestone construction, pre-dating c.1830 and located within a linear group of similar buildings on the south side of Cockhill Road near Ballymena. Rectangular on plan with lobby-style entry, gables are abutted by neighbouring vernacular buildings to either side. Steeply pitched corrugated-iron roof over thatch, single red brick chimney to south (partially collapsed and without pots), no rainwater goods to overhanging eaves. Walling is random rubblestone construction, with lime mortar to joints and vestiges of lime-wash over lime-render. Square-headed window openings without sills; largely 1/1 timber casements, having exposed frames, timber lintels and largely replacement glass. Single square-headed door opening to west elevation, having a timber lintel and partially rendered reveals. Principal elevation faces west, two openings wide; doorway to right; window to left having shallow splayed cement-rendered reveals and remnants of a three-light upper window pane, with side hung casement affixed behind. Door opening contains no door or frame. North elevation largely abutted by neighbouring building, formerly No.35. Upper section of gable contains red brick walling, not laid in a discernable or consistent bond and partially collapsed to left-side. Rear elevation faces east and comprises two window openings, with plain rubblestone surrounds and timber casements set in shallow recess from face of wall. Window missing from left-side but frame remains. Setting Forming part of a linear row of similarly dated vernacular dwellings, which are orientated perpendicular to the Cockhill Road, with the northern gable of the former No.35 directly lining the southern side of the road. Sited within a rural farmland setting, the immediate surroundings are wooded and overgrown. A small, shared yard to the east is overgrown and is bound by a low rubblestone wall curving from north to south. The building forms part of a wider complex of vernacular farm structures located within a separate yard to the south and east, which are thought to be associated with the adjoining thatched dwelling at No.39 (HB07/10/017). This yard of outbuildings, in conjunction with No.39, are separately accessed from Cockhill Road, via a sweeping path to the north-east. Whilst the southern former dwellings in the terraced row have principal elevations which face east, that to the former No.35 and No.37B, both have principal elevations facing west. Materials Roof – Corrugated-iron over cruck-framed thatch RWG – None Walls – Lime-wash render over uncoursed rubblestone Windows – 1/1 timber casements