Cushendall Village Conservation Area October 1975 - The Planning ...

CUSHENDALL
VILLAGE
Conservation Area

The aims and palicies set m in $ris booklst are for the guidance of District Coumils, public bodies, local rasidena9, ladwds and tenants,
intending develqsrs a d amity and other grwp.
PART I .... aets out tha gsneral objgetives of designating Comati~nAmus and tbe principlesof darigration.
PART II . . .. &rib and d elim the Conservation Area of (=uhenQall.
PART lll . . . . rxrnbaitlp s developers brief for the &igmtd am.
The booklet shwld be regarded as but a first in securing the vial architectural or h i i c interest of the Area. It is
anticipated thai local initiative and dj~eudonwill give rise to pr@s for repair and restorative works and developments which will not
only pmwva but will positively menhanoe the Are#%-idA, - cheracter. Oesidon will be of little fmctieal value without this l~cal support.
This is a joint prMication by the Department of the !Environment (NI) which is responsible for the designation of Ciomtmdon Areas and
the Oepartment of Housing, b l Gament end Planning whos Divisional Planning Offices are rcspomibk for dwelopmmt control.

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1. The Planning (NI) Order 1072 provided laidation for the first time in N m Ireland for thebprloteotimof the Provirus's kitage
of buildin~sof special architectural or historic inwest and for the designwing of whole arms of similar interest the character or
appearance of which it is Wrable ?Q pwenre or enham.
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Whlk reaponsibillty,forthe statutory. listing of Historic Building for the designating of Coulsmation Areas rests with the
mmt of the Environment for -ern irdmd one vitdly ,inqortmt principle needg to be ~staMishdat om. The task of
commSng the kitage of Ulster cannot he l& ddy to Oovemment Q,ments, a sprinkling of voiumary tvodiea and a band,
albeit a wing one, ,aftmpmiIUe conservsttionjsts., v- L UPWI -vmrmu.rrac-rr, ~.adcaw b 8
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3. The m- that "#mrrrdon in ~ortharnIreland is the #~1~em of everyone" muet find its way into board mm of evwy kind,
imW public and voluntary Liodias with diverse aims and &j@rtrsp into s cbds and uniwities, into factories and shops end into
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homes of every citizq,mm&i&lar &H1:&#@ rn- ,U,, .+lrr IUL
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New bufldinga will be mpmd to take mm~nt' of the ctametw of their nei~hbors.fhey should, in mm ancl oudh*
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3. WiaEs -Id gmdy be ympathetlc In mZure, cdmr and ~dhiy traditional kal u~qe.
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4. Changes'& n~cgsphatbba planmina $pdkStimwhich likely W heve m &ww effect on land or buildings Hrtrlieh &vr@hte
6. Ths siting of new open spaces wfll be atrefully cmideted tu ensure ttmi they make a Wtke emtrbtit!~to the-*
Am and that proper provision is macEa far their mainten-.
16. The bkisiir~Planilllng Cmjce will nm&y e x w plannirig@k:&&, WbhiWed k of sELss or buiMit~@~diim CO@@-
don Am, to bsubmitted Hrlth futi d$tsfls in'brder to mwre at the i'nlal plm'ing Ha@ that the davdqnneftt W
rall sesplscts to the nr#ids of the Coneon Atea. It is desirable thaR applicants should consult informally with the DivWmak
7. Development near, but not inside a Oomervation Aries and riwally dated to it, should be sited and desig78d in size, form .gm#,,
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maWids, to be in harmony with the buildings and gen@ appezin~~:fl of the Co~~~~wation Am. .m~~d 11
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dm. ~ o mewapmnnt ~ ~aning,LDD~cmrmnmt Phminq tw pom m dim mat in my ~Rfeulram q'
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types; of development should wplm pEann%ngpermission. Such directions could be applied tn mwkidajr akhi.' t
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Sehernes will be to in'rtiate and, where appropriate' 40 uudertake'woiks' for the visual improu8;m&nt''cii'brllfidEn& @and sits, B
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If,bsdode dud~.ofm,hO idu'baurd.listSngrd bt1i#limui;9peaialiwd&@ultaw h h i. ~ m hawr mm.basn
bn/ tbe Depertment of the.fmrlmmhmtt [NI)-dy don will be&m W the~ ~ ~ I ) ;wWI.theHiptM1'e I u I BulSdngs ~ o - ~
Cmncil and due appropriate Distrkt Council to consider amprim listings.
dmuld be gbm at an esrly stage ta the use of rotumary ccrmibwticms,gifts, incame hsale and le9scw etc. -see under "other grants"
-d* ?he Dqmmmt mey financial towaads the ~ostof T&PBJCS W maintenmwdbuildingswhich hava
Etwhnn#nt (NI)
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. , L 2 tv Imigni8. ~mfwisin use far dddcal plm am not eligible far mnt*fd.
&pmnmt of HWnp Pm Wncl!~hyve a &W to gscum for their apmadequgts facilities for mpwtional, social, phyid and(*
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i,Hcmsin&Laead Gwmmmt and Planning.

Grantsof upkr 75%may be m& undew,SsoFim-W# ?ilrg,LW$$ &t [NI) 1-
Hwing, Local Governmm and Planning
The Hwdng Act (NI1 1871 d ~ the Morthgm s treland Hwsing Executive to pay mnfs of o H f of the
appmd cast of m ~imtion subject to a rrmxirnunr gant at E I , for ~ each hww irnp;oued. htnker
new dwellings are provided by the commlon of a house or building, the uppm limit of gmt is £1,860' h each
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dwelling &idad. in o mi6 ch~lairitb- tbemy&ad&may bincmmd vhm hi* em@idm the
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bs~flsttom ........, any office of drtt Ndmm ldmd Hwsing Executive.
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Part 2

t#tr~d~G#enrof'Anlaim
Cushendatl b paFt cf theam known ar the Gierrs of Antrim; the tqm is assaiaW W]# €WO of the ninegktm, Glenbmdlyt#rmanto tlmwth-
Glene~ptotbnorth.7bGlmsafe ~mcssoflaprd,$re&lldmofLfrs~~of~ir~inthefarmofswemwlthe%of
Moyle between Ireland d Scotland and the mof Usna passed throughthe glens on theit wey ftwnWand to betrayalend death at
banbnmr Armagh. the rocks wham they l- may still be seen.
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MkKa poeW am the rows of rampartsacross W spur of Lurigethan, abwe Cu-l, fdfid
fitdndliagh wbre stolnr mmwere rnsnufamred(and expmed) 2.000 ye8ra beforethat and
2,000 y m agn,tb Moty m
remaim of early stone gram throughout
tkearea. The monuments of the Christian period are in the shape of stone cad* and tira remaim of churches dgraveyards; theperiod is
bmught uptadzrteby the gape wheFe Cushendall's hot+ once stood. fha Glens formed part of the kingdom of Dalriada founded in the 4th
w 5€hot#rturles. The area had clamasmfatims with Argyllshire and the Ides which wm freed from the N,mmenin the 12thcmtury by
tha kDormds who last cantrol of the Irish territories In or srwnd 1242 to the B i i family. A W 1399 John Mor McDwnd of Islay
married M m Bisssn and ~ taMishedthe family as principal landownerr. In 1602 Randal, son af the femws Sorley Boy who wes party
to tha death of Sbne O'Neill, sumdemd w Jmm l and was pantedhis lands the fdlawing year, In 1620, fIRandal wmcrwtd Earl of
Antrim end the present Eatl is 13thto holdthe title.
bwiptionofthe Cmsewiitionknra
Chhm#alO,formerly Newtom-Glans,ckwdoped in vMFI/TY of a COin mill at the westem and of the %own,7 'baflmmW?oftwo
smm intersectingat m mmd marked by a cuW.bowcsr &rilt.aspart of sred&lelopmentof the -fWWW hrF~iS,T~naCy
formerly of ttre Ezrrr Imiia Wpany. Et was a?t timetht the River Dall was altered beck to its migind-lneand#ing ewrrse to make it more
pbume. The town was wmed up in'the 1843%by thec~nptetionaf the Coast Road and travellers wem'9'sKxomhrodorted at the hotel {now
dedishsd by a.$olion) whkh M ha,added abwt 1820at the end of Shore Smsf
In 1835the @p$dywttI8m~~t of $ or 8 cabins hacl beCcwne a town of 113 hw~s over half of which mmMfo or three storeys high. The
wwlathn at Mr time, 41, had reduced by 1881 to 388 a tfttls less than half bre p m twmben for the @m,

Oushendallwa selected h 1974 asm of due fwr model aches for European ArChiteCtural HefitageYear 10J6.A oasrdlnabea -n2lng
& m e h M n g u ~ ~ h - ~ # d a ~ a d ei smwl akh d . Spwialattervrim will bepaidmgabkmksndbackwalkown
mvWftwndm ~ i ~ ~ ~ ~ t h g bereh~~~,.T))e~seherne~l
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Nowt hmi@given matthe Qepstmat~arfdrsEnvimnrem(NI) in pumanoa of paroerscwr;f9irredupon itby Arbiok 37 eFf .the Planning(NI)
OrtSsr In2 has Mm therm outtinedon *)map below as a CormnmimArm being an areed speeid sleroCrit&z?mmIer his@& interest
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Mqde DMxia Cwndt, Dalii* I.Eouse, Wdm Rd. BallwxsthI g754 6ET, Co. Antrim.
DeuelopmmtOffice, Qalriada House, Cderaine Road, Ballycaatle, 0T64 BEY, Co. Antrim.
Divbrfonal PliennlngSub Mflca, Cwnty Hall, Wedfie, h.tondcnrderry.
Co@kof~~m~abbewrenaittheo~ofthe..
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lkpdmmoF the Enwimnment (NI), HWwh Buildings bmh, Stmmmt, W*, BT43SS.

Part 3
Cushendall Village
Brief for Developers
within the village and
environs of Cushendall

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Tkmam twa main eltirnmts which comtigrte the bwewntion Area in Cushendall:
i. The EnMmidykrilelcpi This comprisesmainly 2 and 3 storey terraced buildingr which linethe two main axes ad Mirl Sueet-
Shore Strest and High Saeet-BridwStreet pivoting smnd the romantic 'Turnly's Tower". Vhe emphasis In this "urban core" will
beon movationand irnprovmmtrather than dern&*n and replaeerment. Where demolition is unavoidableor where
inffllh~ccolrsbehNsen buildinlgs, nwu Wopment will be in character with dre existing. With r returnto mality in the Province,
the Js theda~gerthat prmsumfor commetcial de\Felopmtwrt cwld endanger the very qualities in the built-up a m of the viHaget which
attract fhholiday ridtar to Cushendall.
ii. llm u ~ mfringe d am: Gus-l has a dram* woodlamCparkland setting which is largely a legemof the 19th century. Limited
20th mhrry dadopmsnthas "spilld mar" from the urbgn cm, particularly on the eastern, western and southern extremities of the
axes. Tree&andw ads~&d dgnifitsmlandsapevalue will be c d by Tree Presewat5on Otders the-objective of achieving
mtCnued end impnwedmanagemm of the wtmdy vegetation within the Conservation Area. Planning appw& will be subject to the
mtmlicmof existingYagetgltion end b accompaniedby Tree ?resawation Orders as mmmwy. NW planting and repiantingof writable
mspeeias may bea condltition of planning eppmval.
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Vhe villw containsa unifieddnm&ic style of mainly 19thcmtury Rqpcy twrwes; it is Iikdy that some buildingr date from the 18th
cWWry. Later 15thand 2M aamury dwdopmnnt, beyMad&e urban cops, has taken the form of daWhad tine and twobtwey dwellings;
thesouthernW@ af theArea includemmm9 subshwttial lath century "villa" type propsrtieand t~ the rrast and sitrgh, storey
aevelopmrrnt~ominates.
Dsrignmd-
Terraced bull- am ananawhar form of Gwqfm and Regency chammr* FtmmAon bollowa'theGeorgian prsttcbm wirh diminishing
bights in mreys although d m and ~ wfndaw upmlngs are not, in every eass,vert'icalfy digd. MillStreet, hino mainly 3

storays* PE&~- an impressive western ~~praach to Cushenddl. Oursidethe urban-aar~t, building inctudea mkdlany af styles,including
Victorian villas and 20th century bungalawsand hewres,
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Hgayutbmam gewml ly finiskj in aod paintedbut metimehavaa nammI tffni&. WFyquiarriedd ssmbstnneoccurs
in someof the mwe,pmtigil~ushuilw, e.9, bCourthwrse, Tumty%T~owerandin Ecetasbthl buildingsiSam&stma was thecornmm
building materiali now mdared, iX1the remainder of €MbuildingsinGu&ewMl, a3hgh there isnotm&&.mof brick in the villege.
Roofs are usually of Mudgrey date but Mue asbestos "dste" has been u d where rmfs haw beem d ymW.
A numb of original shophr& still main in the h,contributing !#eady to thaukml quality of the,\r?ilhgm; %msknpC in form
butdeM,rative in -l with shop windicws divided by mull8onsand t ram. Fascias are fairly narrow with handminted signs w q~pllqu
letbringancE udly incorponete a mller.Mind box.
- mgkrtdmWm.&tqp, s! !.m.fm~t.wll, WC in hauses in Mah %mt:yuh&h ,m from t t ~d. boy;lmWW&
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Limitadmwtdt~dstaihderrr in rhe sf archhes arwnd window openins and, parliarlarly, quoinsat *.end of darraGed Wopl
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*v-~ni~nic use I~ mvi~w is WHP~, IIOWW~~matl shop anct W,sohilsti~r~resr vlr~tff~g-iirn an ;' the "V'" ist
sPlPDnd flmn, m r tancbntly alongthe MM Street, Bridge S- afid Shore Street frantqm.
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l4 hlllwlllWkqed thgt E main wpm of "miviry" will cur in thd Cmwmhi h i
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BuHlngs in goad stnrctumt dtion, requiringno PgnWkam work, wifl cane into this wtqmy. Qridnalfgcade trrramrent will be
@ly &emd toand appwtunitiaa should tra taken for ~Entiwand the nrstomtion of original hturtm, e.g. sash wMmti#hou&t
trim'k~ihs. fib d'so $ppftesto ~ pwtl&tracking onto the riyetvirhiich are apan vim tram dhe mNmlW car adjoiningths
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ekrihim tn gmur9trus#rralMnnlWm orSWMlch been cT&Md will CnvdWW-.WWW.(
. v. lRka&ddm - w w ! ? w ~ ' @ ~ ~ . ~ * ~ o ~ t i ) p l ~ ~ l l r l f f l r l s ~
mw€MnsofZhe Order WldEt( will no- imtuda the confrd&~&ingf Wingsofm.(S%AppeMx) .

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.. Tlre,Wgn )lf bui6llr#ngswithin ~,vEllam,coye~ I4,n~mally incowwatepwprtiom, . . ...- ---.- fmwtmticm and roa;f~pPrbc)r of as wisting
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White will normally be the rnmt suitable colour for daringban and window and door frames; this gives gaod definition against what is
mally a darker background. Rendered iacades should be paintedwhite or other pastel eoloun. Fall pipes and gutters can be painted
white or other pad cdwrs. Fall pipss and gutters can ba paintedw ar to sympathetic with the mainelevationd colwr i.e. eonrrgst-
ing in black, or blmding In a sirnl~rpastel catwr.
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ashendall is, eh8f~~tmistically, a village in which mihtial and small wale commercial uses -exist side-by-sideand it is hoped that thFs
mix will contime without longand cantinuws of shopping use, Rear servicing facilities are mt generally wailable so that high
turnover shops and other uses generatinglarge amounts of service traffic will not normally fit into the village envirortmnt. The rehabilit-
ation of the abandoned upper Room of commercial premisescould be realised by tmelr dwalopment as holiday fla4 particularlyHmere
mr wxs is avaifasfe as on the swth side of Mill Street.
A surnmsry of the pmnt Wlideb, thamti9tiKlsand possible future davelopment of each street is available to inmulingdevelqam
from Town and Coumsv Planning~~, Departmentof Housing, Loeal Gmermnent and Planning, Oourcty Hall, Wetaim, itshould
be that daxaticrmofhtkrilding Regulations, to prl8gerve the character of the Comwvdon Area, may, Inmai E ; ~ N I P ~ ,
be pennit#rd.

APPENDIX
The CorrsenatSon af uf - Abdmltuml Policy within CusbLII
The numerous mature trees aroundand within the CansrtnratiunArea are a vital component of the l-pe of Cushendall. Trees repmented
are usually thecommon forest species, the majorityof whkh are either indigenousor are naturalisad in the locality. f a maintain and ensure the
contlmity of tha vvoodland charact# of the landscape it is hiraMe that species for significant new plantingor for replanting be selected from
the list betow, whkh iincludeg not only species which are successful in Cushendarl krt also others which will bs cornpatable with the character er
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ecology of the are& Where Tm PtesarvationOrdmb e bean madeor planning approval given in respect of land outside the urban villagecure,
crmrufitiom will be JwPuded ensure the plantingof appropri* sLe-rr, .i t - I
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