1 Coastguard Cottages, Helen's Bay, Bangor, Co. Down, BT19 1JY

A gabled two-storey, two-bay end-terrace red brick former coastguard cottage, built 1856 located on the south shores of Belfast Lough to the west of Helens Bay. Number 1 also encompasses number 2, having been converted into a single dwelling and is rectangular on plan with projecting two-storey box bay to north and porch to west. Pitched natural slate roof with raised stone gables; masonry chimneystack with rendered coping and decorative terracotta pots to north. Rendered chimneystack with single terracotta pot to south, rising from shared valley with HB23/15/044B. Walling is Flemish bonded red brick with tiled course and buttress to west. Windows are uPVC replacements throughout with flat brick lintels. Cast-iron half-round rainwater goods with drive-in brackets and hoppers on overhanging sandstone eaves with red brick corbels: uPVC rainwater goods to rear return. The principal elevation faces north having double gable (since conversion into two) each a single opening wide (the left at a lower level); left bay with pent roof over bow window to ground floor and window opening to first floor. Right bay has two-storey projecting box bay with brick skews and corbel-course between floors. Square-headed chamfered lancet opening with sandstone Gibbs surround to top of gable. East elevation is abutted by adjoining building, HB 23/15/044B. South (rear) elevation is painted render and has window openings to both gables to ground and first floor. Brick gate piers and timber latch gate into rear yard (no access). West elevation is two windows wide to first floor; ground floor has single window opening and contains central entrance porch, opening to the south and lit from the north. Door is timber boarded with cast-iron hinge detailing. Setting The house is set down a long private lane to the north west of the Craigdarragh Road, Helens Bay. Facing north the terrace has uninterrupted views of Belfast Lough and direct access to the beach. There is a large lawned communal garden to front, partially bound by mature trees to North and accessed from the east by a decorative cast-iron gate. To the rear each terrace has a private garden and car-parking. Roof: Natural slate Walling: Brick Windows: uPVC RWG: Cast-iron / uPVC