2 Old Coastguard Cottages, Portballintrae, Bushmills, Co. Antrim, BT57 8RF

Mid-terrace two-storey two-bay rendered coastguard cottage, built 1874 as one of a terrace of three with square watch tower to north. Located to the east side of the bay in Portballintrae. Rectangular plan with single-storey slated enclosed verandah to front and two-storey projection to rear. Pitched natural slate roof with blue/black angled ridge tiles; hipped slate roof to rear projection. Rendered chimneystack with sandstone cap. Plastic rainwater goods on overhanging eaves with exposed rafter tails. Walling is painted roughcast render. Windows are 1/1 timber-framed sash with horns; segmental-headed to first floor, square-headed to ground floor (unless otherwise stated), all with flush painted sills; those to rear projection in moulded architraves with painted sills; three-light timber casement windows to verandah. The principal elevation faces northwest and is almost symmetrically arranged, with two windows at first floor over full-width lean-to verandah, having panelled-and-glazed timber door to left of centre accessed by a single red sandstone step. The northeast elevation is abutted by adjoining building; HB03/05/005C. The southeast (entrance) elevation has two-storey projection to centre, flanked by a square-headed window at ground and first floor to left and right bays. Projection has two windows to first floor over two diminutive 1/1 windows and three-panelled glazed timber door at right. The southwest elevation is abutted by adjoining building; HB03/05/005A. Setting: Situated overlooking the bay of Portballintrae, between Beach Road and Lisanduff Avenue. Large lawned garden to front with gravel paths to entrance doors; garden bounded to road by roughcast cement rendered wall with saddleback coping; modern steel latch-gate leading to Beach Road. Enclosed to southwest by modern timber fence with timber gate. Gravel driveway entrance to southwest leads to rear yard, accessed via whitewashed wall with soldier coping and square rendered piers with undressed stone caps supporting original wrought-iron gate. Former toilet blocks of rock-faced blackstone to rear, with slated lean-to roofs, sandstone quoins and red-brick surrounds to timber-sheeted doors. Bounded to rear by undressed blackstone wall. Roof: Natural slate Walling: Painted roughcast render Windows: Timber sash with horns RWG: Plastic