Cliff House, 51 Main Street, Castlerock, Co. Londonderry, BT51 4XB

Detached symmetrical three-bay two-storey rendered house, built c.1862. Located on an elevated site on the north side of Main Street overlooking Castlerock beach to the north. Hipped artificial slate roof with black clay ridge and hip tiles and two rendered chimneystacks with octagonal clay pots. Timber sheeted overhanging eaves with plain timber brackets supporting replacement metal guttering and uPVC downpipes. Smooth cement rendered walling with projecting cement plinth course. Square-headed window openings with painted stone sills and replacement 6/6 timber sash windows. Symmetrical three-bay two-storey north front elevation with a central square-headed door opening having a tripartite timber doorcase. Replacement flush timber door flanked by slender pilasters and plain sidelights with flat panels below and a moulded timber architrave surround. Door opens onto a concrete step to gravel front area. Symmetrical east side elevation is two windows wide. Symmetrical south rear elevation has a single square-headed door opening with a vertically-sheeted timber door opening onto a single concrete step to rear gravel parking area. Symmetrical west side elevation is two windows wide. Setting: Located on an elevated site on the north side of Main Street with a terraced rear garden, all enclosed by rubble basalt walls overlooking Castlerock beach to the north. The site is accessed from Main Street to the rear via decorative cast-iron gates supported on a pair of decorative cast-iron octagonal posts. Flat-roofed rendered garage adjacent to the west side elevation, built c.1980. Roof Artificial slate RWG Replacement metal / uPVC Walling Cement render Windows Replacement timber sash