8 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.1960. Steeply pitched natural slate roof with roll-moulded black clay ridge tiles and a tall rendered chimneystack to the west, shared with the adjoining house (HB03/12/007I). Pair of dormer windows to the front pitch (that to the east shared with adjoining house HB03/12/007G) with hipped slate roofs and timber pinnacles. Original four-light iron latticed timber casement windows. Ogee-moulded cast-iron 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 stop-chamfered dressed sandstone surround and sandstone sill with original four-light timber window frame having plain glazing. Front elevation has a single window opening and a segmental-headed recessed entrance porch with stop-chamfered dressed sandstone surround and keystone. Entrance porch shared with No.7 (HB03/12/007G) having a square-headed door opening set at a right angle to the facade with original sheeted varnished timber door and brass furniture. 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.7 (HB03/12/007G). Rear elevation is abutted to the east by a flat-roofed single-storey rendered extension. Rear elevation has painted rubblestone walls with a single camber-headed window opening having a replacement uPVC bipartite window with original iron latticework inserted. West elevation abutted by adjoining house No.9 (HB03/12/007I). 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 original rubblestone wall and partially intact rubblestone pig-house. Roof : Natural slate RWG : Cast-iron Walling : Random coursed rock-faced basalt Windows : Original iron latticed timber casement