Gill's Almhouses, 34a - 34b Ellis Street, Carrickfergus, Co Antrim, BT38 8AY

Symmetrical two-bay one-and-a-half-storey terrace, dated 1761, renovated 1904, rectangular-on-plan facing east and located to the west side of Ellis Street, Carrickfergus. (No.34 is the central dwelling in a terrace of three similarly styled Almshouses.) Pitched natural slate roof, blue/black clay ridge tiles, red brick chimneystacks to party walls with terracotta pots. Deep overhanging timber eaves with plain bargeboards. Smooth rendered walling with roughcast finish to first floor and corbelled brick eaves. Square-headed 6/6 timber casements with smooth rendered architraves and painted masonry cills unless otherwise stated. Principal (east) elevation has central entrance; window to surmounted by wall-head dormer to each side. Timber sheeted entrance door with central glazed pane and original ironmongery within smooth rendered surround; surmounted by rectangular plaque that states; ‘Alderman Gill’s/Almshouses./Erected 1761 Renovated 1904. Left gable is abutted by No.32 (HB22/07/001A) Rear (west) elevation is symmetrical at ground floor with smooth rendered walls; central replacement door flanked by small lean-to boiler houses at each side; two casement windows to each side; (outer windows diminished); three 1/1 timber casements at first floor. Entrance is surmounted by pitched felted canopy supported on timber brackets. Right gable is abutted by No.36 (HB22/07/001C) Roof: Pitched natural slate Walling: Smooth rendered unless otherwise stated Windows:Square-headed 6/6 timber casements unless otherwise stated RWG: uPVC