8-12 Clady Road, Portglenone, Ballymena, BT44 8JX

Terrace of three two-storey former houses, built c.1850 by unknown architect, located along the south side of Clady Road. Rectangular on plan with ancillary farm buildings to rear. Pitched natural slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles having cast-iron gutters on plain eaves. Five rendered red brick chimneystacks with cornice detailing to gable and party walls. North-facing principal elevation is asymmetrical, composed of three properties; ends-of-terrace (Houses 1&3) have three bays and central property (House 2) has four bays. Walling is pebbledash with painted render stringcourse, stepped quoins and plinth. Window-openings are square-headed with plain reveals, painted rendered surrounds and painted projecting masonry cills throughout; western ground-floor window to House 1 is camber-headed. Square-head entrance opening to House 1, having plain reveals and painted rendered surround lined to appear as voussoirs; House 2 has square-headed door opening with plain reveals within decorative painted rendered surround containing four-panelled timber door under plain transom with flanking sidelights; House 3 door same as west. East elevation of same decoration as front with two string courses and roundel demarcated in painted render to centre of gable end. Walling extends to rear following roof pitch of rear extension. First-floor window situated towards front. Rear (south) elevation mostly obscured by boundary walls. Extensions to rear of terrace visible; House 3 is single-storey with mono-pitched corrugated iron roof and cast-iron rainwater goods; House 2 is two-storey with felted flat roof and uPVC rainwater goods. West elevation same as east elevation with no extension of walling to rear. Principal elevation is street-fronted with residential properties opposite and bridge over River Bann immediately to west. Yard to west and rear contains various ancillary farming buildings of differing ages, roof pitches and materials. Walling to west is roughcast render with painted render plinth and coping; wall to east is rubble masonry with gate piers. Roof: Natural slate Walling: Pebbledash/ painted render Windows: Timber frame (all boarded up) RWG: Cast-iron/ uPVC Setting: Terrace located immediately west of Bann Bridge (HB07/06/017).