Survey Data
Reg No
22903905
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social
Original Use
Lighthouse keeper's house
In Use As
Lighthouse keeper's house
Date
1850 - 1855
Coordinates
228435, 82366
Date Recorded
05/01/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay single-storey lighthouse keeper’s cottage with dormer attic, built 1851, retaining original aspect with single-bay single-storey flat-roofed advanced porch to centre, and single-bay single-storey lean-to flanking end bays having two-bay single-storey side elevations. One of a pair. Pitched slate roof (lean-to to end bays) with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, rendered coping, square rooflights, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves having iron brackets. Flat roof to porch not visible. Painted lime rendered walls over random rubble stone construction with painted riveted iron walls to porch having moulded cornice. Square-headed window openings with stone sills. 2/2 and 4/8 timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening with tongue-and-groove timber panelled door. Set back from road in grounds shared with Mine Head Lighthouse with random rubble stone wall to front having cut-stone coping.
Appraisal
A well-composed small-scale cottage, built as one of a pair (with 22903906/WD-39-06), which is of particular importance for its intended use as a lighthouse keeper’s residence. Very well maintained, the cottage retains its original form and fabric throughout. The cottage, together with the second in the pair, forms an important element of the Mine Head Lighthouse complex, which presents an attractive feature in the landscape.