12, Bayards Cove

No. 12 Bayards Cove is a house that has been divided into flats, built around 1839 with some modern updates from the late 20th century. The building features a mix of construction materials; the side and back walls are made of plastered stone rubble, while the front wall is slate-hung timber-framing above the first floor. It has stacks with roughcast brick chimney shafts and some old chimney pots, topped with a slate roof.

The exterior includes a ground floor now occupied by a 20th-century garage door, with contemporary windows above in the slate-hung front. A canted bay window extends through the first and second floors, with the lower section featuring horned 12-pane sash windows (two facing forward and one on each side), and the upper section containing large aluminium-framed picture windows. There is also a smaller aluminium-framed canted bay window under the gable. The left side of the building is built against Bearscove Castle. Stone steps rise along the right side, where there are 20th-century doors leading to the flats, alongside some 19th-century twelve-pane sash windows.

The interior has not been inspected, but large plain crossbeams were observed. Historical context indicates that the quay was extended to Bearscove Castle in 1839, which coincided with the construction of No. 12. An early 20th-century photograph shows the house with its original front.