worker's house

Terraced two-bay split-level house, built c.1880, comprising two-storey to front (south-east) elevation and single-storey to rear (north-west) elevation. Part of terrace of six. Pitched slate roof having shared red brick chimneystack with clay chimneypots and replacement steel rainwater goods. Red brick walls laid in English garden wall bond, coursed rubble limestone to base of wall to rear. Gauged-brick square-headed window openings with render reveals, tooled limestone sills, and side-margined two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Gauged-brick square-headed door opening to front having render reveal and double-leaf timber battened door.

Forming a component part of a terrace of workers cottages, this modest house retains much of its original form and character. It housed workers at the adjacent flax and woollen mill from the late nineteenth century, having been built at a later date to the neighbouring 'White Row', perhaps reflecting increased accommodation requirements for employees. The façade of this house, displaying a rich patina of age through the colours of the irregularly fired bricks, is enlivened by the timber sliding sash windows, which add architectural and decorative interest. Mullan is representative of the mill villages which were constructed in Ulster throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, providing both housing and public buildings adjacent to the workplace. The scale and form of the terrace make an interesting contribution to the predominantly rural landscape.