9 Cliff Terrace, Castlerock, Co. Londonderry, BT51 4RQ

Terraced single-bay one-and-a-half-storey stone former labourer’s cottage, built c.1875, as one of twelve by Sir William Harvey Bruce to the designs of Frederick Henry Godwin. Rectangular on plan facing north with flat-roofed single-storey rendered extension to rear, added c.1980. Now in use as a holiday let. Steeply pitched natural slate roof with roll-moulded black clay ridge tiles and a tall rendered chimneystack to the east, shared with the adjoining house (HB03/12/007H). Pair of dormer windows to the front pitch (that to the west shared with adjoining house HB03/12/007J) with hipped slate roofs. Original timber frames to both dormers with replacement glazing. Replacement metal guttering supported on timber fascia. Deep overhanging eaves with timber sheeting and exposed timber beams supported by two stop-chamfered timber brackets on sandstone corbels. Random coursed rock-faced basalt walling with tooled sandstone ashlar dressings and cement pointing. Square-headed window opening formed in painted stop-chamfered dressed sandstone surround and sandstone sill with original timber window frame, now reglazed. Front elevation has a single window opening and a segmental-headed recessed entrance porch with painted stop-chamfered dressed sandstone surround and keystone. Entrance porch shared with No.10 (HB03/12/007J) having a square-headed door opening set at a right angle to the facade with original sheeted timber door. The porch has a clay tiled floor and a large worn sandstone step opening onto a slightly raised area laid in cobbles and running the entire length of the terrace. East elevation abutted by adjoining house No.8 (HB03/12/007H). Rear elevation is abutted by a flat-roofed single-storey rendered extension. West elevation abutted by adjoining house No.10 (HB03/12/007J). Setting: Built as part of a terrace of twelve similar houses on an elevated site overlooking the sea to the west of Castlerock. Street-fronted with small rear yard enclosed by rendered concrete block wall. Roof : Natural slate RWG : Replacement metal Walling : Random coursed rock-faced basalt Windows : Original timber frame / replacement timber casement