40 Fairhead Road, Coolanlough, Cross, Co.Antrim

Detached seven-bay single-storey rendered vernacular dwelling, built c.1830, including byre to north gable. Rectangular on plan facing east and located at the north end of Fairhead Road, forming part of a cluster of four similar dwellings (HB05/04/016A, B & D). Pitched corrugated iron roof with folded metal ridge (painted), two rendered chimneystacks and slightly raised painted masonry verges. Rear pitch has two corrugated polycarbonate rooflights uPVC rainwater goods. Painted render over rubblestone walling. Square-headed window openings with painted concrete sills and single-pane timber sliding sash windows with convex horns and exposed sash boxes. (unless otherwise stated). Seven-bay east front elevation with off-centre windbreaker entrance porch having deeply set square-headed door opening and vertically-sheeted timber half-door corrugated roof extends over porch. The far left window opening and two window openings to the far right have replacement top-hung timber casement windows. Blind south gable painted render on rubblestone terminating in a chimney stack. West rear elevation has a central lean-to extension to right side with corrugated metal / polycarbonate roof, plastic rainwater goods and bipartite timber casement windows. North gable obscured by gabled single-bay rubblestone accretion having corrugated iron roof set behind raised verge, plastic rainwater goods, random coursed rubblestone walling, a fixed-pane timber window and replacement timber sheeted door. Materials Roof Corrugated iron RWG uPVC (West only) Walling Painted render over rubblestone Windows Timber sliding sash Setting: Located at the north end of Fairhead Road and forming part of a group of four similar dwellings informally arranged around the end of the road. Small front area laid in random flagstones with painted stones lining a short front path.