36 Altmore Street, Glenarm, Ballymena, Co Antrim, BT44 0AR

Substantial, but relatively plain two storey rendered house with large elliptical arched doorway, probably built c.1859-64. The building is set on the E side of the S end of Altmore Street, next to the intersection with the Town Brae (Road) and close to the ‘Town Gate’ to the Glenarm Castle estate. The front façade is symmetrical and faces E. To the centre of the ground floor is a large elliptical headed doorway with recessed door screen consisting of a panelled timber door with panelled pilaster-like jambs, sidelights with panelled aprons and an elliptical fanlight with ‘spoke’ tracery. The doorway opening is encased with panelled pilasters and a moulded archivolt. To the left of the doorway is a (relatively small) sash window with vertical glazing bars (2/2). To the right is a similar window with three similar, but slightly smaller windows to the first floor. The N gable has a window to right on the ground floor with another to right on the first floor, both as front. The S gable has a single window roughly to the centre of the ground floor, as before. To left of this window the gable is abutted by a ‘gate’ which is actually a modern metal ‘up & over’ garage door. The rear elevation could not be observed in its entirety by the writers- as they were not permitted access to the rear yard of the property. The rear yard itself is bounded by a high wall and a two storey outbuilding, further obscuring the view, and ultimately all that could be seen was a plain sash window to the right hand side on the first floor. Map evidence suggests that there are no projections / extensions to the rear. The front façade is finished in painted lined render, with v-jointed in-out quoins. The N gable is also finished in painted lined render with in-out quoins to right. The S gable is finished in painted rough cast with regular quoins to left. The rear façade appears to be finished in painted lined render- without quoins. The gabled roof is slated with two small cast iron skylights to front. The roof has a slight overhang to S, with plain barges. Two rendered chimneystacks (to gables). To front a small garden is enclosed with low rendered walls. The yard to the rear is enclosed with a high rendered wall. To the E side of the yard is a large (but low proportioned) two storey outbuilding- probably originally a stable / servant’s lodging. This is rendered with a slated gabled roof with rendered parapets, rendered chimneystacks. To the E façade the is a timber sheeted door to the upper floor (reached via a stair), with a sash window (2/2) to right of this. The ground floor of this façade could not be seen. The N gable is blank. The other facades were obscured from view. T he front walls have (relatively recent) wrought iron pedestrian gate and square pyramid capped piers. S of the house is a relatively recent looking flat roofed garage.