647 Seacoast Road, Benone, Magilligan, Limavady, Co Londonderry, BT49 0LH

This is a late Georgian-style house, built between 1820 and 1839. It is situated on rising ground at the base of Binevenagh, overlooking sand hills and facing northwest. The house is an important example of its type and is well-preserved, with a prominent and pleasing setting, as well as historical associations. It also contributes to the elegant group value created with the neighbouring building, HB02/09/022.

The house is two stories high and has three bays. It is constructed of coursed basalt with a slate roof and four chimneys. A glazed front door is recessed within a wall, framed by an architrave and a small projecting hood supported by scroll mouldings. Canted bay windows with modern brick-arched openings flank the door on the ground floor. Above, there are three eight-pane sash windows, with brick jambs, lintels, and stone sills. The gable walls are rendered. The southwest gable reveals a double-pile arrangement to the kitchen return, with French windows to the front room, a small casement, a door, and two sash windows near the valley of the roofs. The northeast gable is blank, but the return has a lean-to brick extension, approximately 1500mm deep, featuring four twelve-pane sash windows (two per floor) facing northeast. A door sits between the main house and the extension, with a twelve-pane sash window above. The rear of the kitchen is built directly against the slope of the mountain. Two high-level windows are visible at the rear.

The remains of outbuildings align with the house; the front wall is in good condition, while the rear portions are ruinous and partially demolished. One of three original seaside cottages built by landed gentry, the property was described in the Ordnance Survey Memoirs of 1835 (the other two cottages were combined to form HB02/09/022). Historic Buildings records and Lady Tyler’s notes suggest the house was likely enlarged around 1844 by the Lane family. The current owner purchased and renovated the house ten years ago.