Shelter, Lower Lansdowne Road, Portrush, Co. Antrim, BT56 8AY

A double-height gabled former RNLI lifeboat shelter with slipway out to sea; built c.1860, refurbished and extended in 2012; located on the coastline to the north of Portrush town centre. Rectangular on plan with modern extension to northwest. Flat roof, covering not visible, corniced pediments to gables. Aluminium downpipes and hoppers. Walling is ruled-and-lined painted render with stepped cornice; contrasting chamfered band above a stone plinth. Replacement 3/2 timber-framed windows surmounted by painted stone lintels and with flush painted stone sills; plate-glass aluminium framed windows to northeast. Gabled front to southwest has a large square-headed opening containing a replacement folding timber-sheeted door with four sets of four-paned top-lights. Original stone lettering to pediment reads “SHELTER”. The northwest elevation has three-evenly spaced windows; contemporary stone-faced public convenience extension to right with varnished hardwood-sheeted openings. The northeast elevation opens to slipway and has been modified to incorporate large aluminium doors with sidelights at ground level fronted by a modern steel balcony; replacement aluminium plate glass windows to original opening above. Slipway formed from stone and concrete ramp retains original steel slip rails. The southeast elevation has four evenly-spaced windows. Setting: Prominently sited along the coastline to the northern tip of the western strand in Portrush; slipway running northeast out to sea. Large tarmacadamed car-park to west. Original raised concrete pathway directly to southeast side of building; modern paving laid to southeast and enclosed by a modern metal handrail. Original stone walling with rounded coping to northwest side of slipway. Roof: Not visible Walling: Painted ruled-and-lined render Windows: Replacement timber frames RWG: Aluminium