12 School Lane, Castlerock, Co. Londonderry, BT51 4RJ

Semi-detached single-bay one-and-a-half-storey stone house, built c.1870, as one of a pair (see also HB03/12/009B). Located along the north side of School Lane to the south of Castlerock and to the east of Downhill Demesne. Pitched natural slate roof with roll-moulded black clay ridge tiles and single brick chimneystack with black clay pots to the east. Decorative timber bargeboard to sheeted overhanging eaves to the west gable only. Ogee-moulded cast-iron guttering supported on timber fascia with sheeted overhanging eaves and cast-iron downpipe. Random coursed rock-faced basalt ashlar walling with tooled sandstone ashlar quoins and cement rendered to side and rear elevations. Stop-chamfered sandstone ashlar window surrounds and sandstone sills with 2/2 timber sash window (unless otherwise stated). Front south elevation is a single window wide having a gabled entrance porch to the west. Roof and bargeboard to entrance porch, as per main roof with vertically-sheeted and glazed double-leaf doors and wall resting on black brick plinth walls. Square-headed window opening with tooled stop-chamfered block-and-start sandstone ashlar surround having a 2/2 timber sash window with angled horns. West gable has a thick application of cement render with recessed sandstone quoins to either end (as per above). To the attic level is a diminutive square-headed window opening with stop-chamfered sandstone surround and a replacement bipartite timber window. Rear elevation is abutted by a single-storey extension, currently undergoing construction. East side elevation abutted by adjoining house, No.14 (HB03/12/009B). Setting Located on the north side of School Lane to the south of Castlerock village and to the east of the Downhill Demesne. Roof Natural slate RWG Cast-iron Walling Random coursed rock-faced basalt ashlar / cement render Windows Timber sash