Survey Data
Reg No
20824031
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Original Use
Coastguard station
In Use As
House
Date
1815 - 1825
Coordinates
199792, 63862
Date Recorded
02/10/2007
Date Updated
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Description
End-of-terrace L-plan three-bay single-storey former coastguard station, built c. 1820, having single-bay porch with pitched slate roof to front (north-east) elevation and single-bay return to rear (south-west) of main block with pitched slate roof. Now in use as house. Hipped and pitched slate roofs with rendered chimneystack and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls. Square-headed openings throughout, having three-over-three pane timber sliding sash windows to front elevation, fixed timber window to front elevation of porch and north-west elevation. Square-headed opening with timber battened door. Three-bay single-storey outbuilding to north-west of site with pitched slate roof, rendered walls and square-headed openings. Rubble stone boundary walls to front, rear and to west of site, with square-profile and circular-profile piers.
Appraisal
Originally built as a coastguard station, turns its back to the street to address the sea. Forms interesting group with its neighbours. Part of the maritime history of Ballycotton. Similar in elements of design to that at Ballymacoda. Retains much heritage fabric such as windows and roof slates, adding texture and depth to slightly asymmetrical elevation.