Former number 35 Cockhill Road, Hannahstown, Ballymena, BT42 2JP

A semi-detached asymmetrical two-bay single-storey vernacular dwelling of lime-washed rubblestone construction, built c.1830 and located within a linear group of similar buildings on the south side of Cockhill Road near Ballymena. Rectangular on plan, abutted to south by the supporting gable of No.37B, which contains original timber-framed thatched-roof under corrugated-iron sheeting. Building is currently vacant. Pitched natural slate roof (roof-line lower than abutting buildings), with timber-framed structure entirely exposed to left-side of west elevation (appears to be a 20th century replacement). Single red brick chimneystack to north, without pots. No rainwater goods. Walling is random rubblestone construction, with lime mortar joints and vestiges of lime-wash over lime-render, particularly to north gable. Square-headed window openings with largely 1/1 timber sliding sashes, having partially exposed sash boxes and replacement glass. Single square-headed door opening to west elevation, having a timber lintel, plain rubblestone reveals and a painted timber-sheeted door within a timber frame. Principal elevation faces west, three-openings wide with a door opening to left-side. Pair of windows have timber lintels, ogee horns, shallow cement-rendered reveals and painted concrete sills. North gable elevation is blank. Rear elevation faces east and comprises three window openings; windows have plain rubblestone surrounds, no sills and are set almost flush with wall-line. Those to the right-side have chamfered horns and that to far-right has margin-lights. Left window is a nine-paned fixed-light timber casement with exposed frame. South elevation abutted by adjoining building, No.37B. Setting Forming part of a linear row of similarly dated vernacular dwellings, orientated perpendicular to the Cockhill Road. The northern gable of the former No.35 directly lines 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 thatched dwelling at No.39 (HB07/10/017), to the south. 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 the abutting No.37B, both have principal elevations facing west. Materials Roof – Natural slate RWG – None Walls – Lime-wash render over uncoursed rubblestone Windows – 1/1 timber sliding sashes & one multi-paned fixed-light timber casement