26-28 The Vennel, Glenarm, Ballymena, Co Antrim, BT44 0AN

Two storey terrace house and shop of possibly c.1860, renovated in the late 1990s and now with odd ‘lumpy’ render to front. The property is set to the east end of the terrace on the N side of The Vennel, with the ‘shop’ now internally integrated with the house. The front elevation faces roughly S and is asymmetrical. Roughly to the centre of the ground floor is a sheeted timber door with a plain rectangular fanlight over. To the left is a large shop front which incorporates a timber sheeted door to the right side (with ‘brick’ pattern fanlight), and large four (fixed) pane shop window to the left. To the right of the entrance door is a further door (which now appears to be blocked). To far right there is a 6/6 sash window. To the first floor there are three evenly spaced sash windows as ground floor far right. The E gable is blank. A narrow sloping laneway flows alongside the gable. The rear N elevation is roughly symmetrical with a timber sheeted door to the centre and a 6/6 sash window to either side. To the first floor there are a further three similar windows. There is a large modern-looking single storey outbuilding to the rear, with a ‘patio’ area to is flat roof. The façade is finished in an odd lumpy render, which one imagines was intended to look ‘traditional’. Most of the openings have small crudely moulded ‘keystones’. The gabled roof is slated. To the E and W ends of the ridges are plain rendered chimneystacks; Cast iron rw goods to the front and rear.