Rock Ryan House, 2 Promenade, Castlerock, Co. Londonderry, BT51 4RF

Detached symmetrical three-bay one-and-a-half-storey stone former bath house, dated 1862, to the designs of Samuel Angell. T-shaped on plan facing east with central gabled entrance porch and located between the Promenade and Castlerock beach. Extensively renovated c.1990 and now in use as a holiday let. Replacement natural slate roof with terracotta ridgecomb tiles and finials, a single asymmetrically-placed replacement redbrick chimneystack and two slate-hung box dormers to the front pitch with flat roofs and replacement timber casement windows. uPVC guttering on timber sheeted eaves and uPVC downpipes with replacement decorative bargeboards to all gables. Random coursed tooled basalt ashlar walling having rock-faced quoins. Square-headed window openings with voussoired basalt heads, painted masonry sills and largely original 6/6 timber sash windows with cylinder glass and no horns. Symmetrical front elevation is five windows wide with central gable-fronted entrance bay. Entrance bay has a single window to the ground floor and a smaller window opening to the attic-storey having a 2/2 timber sash window with ogee horns and semi-exposed sash box. To the left cheek is a square-headed door opening with voussoired basalt head and uPVC door. To the right cheek is a slender window opening with an original 4/4 timber sash window. South gable abutted by flat-roofed rendered garage. The attic-storey has a small window opening as per entrance porch. Rear elevation is four windows wide with a further slate-hung box dormer to the rear pitch having uPVC window. Painted rough-cast rendered walling to rear. Two square-headed window openings to the south bays having original 6/6 timber sash windows without horns. Further pair of window openings to with replacement timber casement windows. To the northernmost bay is a square-headed door opening with uPVC glazed door. Door opens onto concrete path and raised lawn enclosed by sheer bedrock. North gable has a single small window opening to the attic-storey with painted masonry sill and uPVC window to the attic level. Setting Located on the north side of the Promenade at the west end of Castlerock beach and built against a rocky outcrop forming the boundary to the rear garden. Bitmac front area enclosed by cement rendered walls with replacement timber vehicular and pedestrian gates. Roof Natural slate RWG uPVC Walling Random coursed tooled basalt ashlar Windows Original 6/6 timber sash