Arthur Cottage, Dreen, Cullybackey, Ballymena, Co. Antrim, BT42 1EB

The buildings are sited off the main road from Cullybackey to Portglenone a short distance to the west of the former town. The approach is by means of a lengthy lane that passes a small car park, and turns at right angles to disclose the building. The house faces south-east and the outbuildings that are set at right angles at the rear face south-west. The construction is of whitened stone with a black base. The roof of the house is thatched between cement skews and a plain red brick chimneystack rises on the right hand gable. Flax has been used as the roof covering. A sheeted half door is flanked either side by a 6/6 sashed window. That on the right hand side is of increased proportions. The frames are exposed and the sash stops are bevelled. There are no window openings in the rear or side walls of the building and this is the only fenestration provided to light the two chambers of the house. The walls of the outbuildings are of similar construction but the roof is covered with natural slate and rainwater goods are of metal with the gutters fixed to shallow corbel coursing. From the north-west corner the sequence is as follows:- A timber sheeted doorway flanked by a vertically sliding window on either side with sashes divided into two horizontally and then two large timber sheeted double doors. At the rear starting from the north-east corner there are two window openings and then a series of ventilation openings of varying size. There are no openings in the gables. A gap between the house and the outbuildings is taken up mostly by a lean-to stone structure with stone walls, a natural slate roof covering and a timber sheeted single door.