Survey Data
Reg No
20914723
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Original Use
Lighthouse keeper's house
In Use As
House
Date
1860 - 1865
Coordinates
81610, 26184
Date Recorded
26/05/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Detached two-bay single-storey former lighthouse keeper’s house, built 1863, with recent lean-to extension (north). Now in use as private house. Pitched slate roof with tooled limestone chimneystacks and plat bands, dressed limestone coping, cast-iron rainwater goods and recent rooflights. Smooth rendered walls with tooled limestone plinth. Square-headed openings with replacement windows and doors. Square-headed door opening with timber panelled door, overlight, tooled limestone step and chamfered surround. Enclosed with limestone flagstones by lime washed rubble stone walls having granite coping.
Appraisal
One of a number of attractive former lighthouse keeper’s houses located adjacent to Crookhaven Lighthouse, this building retains its original form and plays an important role in understanding the lighthouse complex. It makes a positive and pleasing architectural contribution to Rock Island. These houses were originally built for the keepers of Fastnet Lighthouse and are a significant reminder of nineteenth century maritime life in West Cork.