10 Coshquin Road, Londonderry, Co Londonderry, BT48 0ND

Long, low vernacular house of pre-1830 construction, set at right angles to Coshquin Road with its eastern gable facing directly onto the roadside. The building was raised in height and fitted with half-dormers in 1881. The structure is arranged in linear fashion with an integrated outbuilding to the east and a small single-storey section to the west.

The two-storey main dwelling has a pitched roof covered in blue and black natural slate with two chimneystacks set on the ridgeline: the eastern stack is cement rendered (possibly a mid 20th-century rebuild) and the western stack is formed in straw-coloured clay brick. The single-storey portion is covered with corrugated iron and has a rendered chimneystack on its western gable. Shallow eaves run along the two-storey section with deeper eaves to the single-storey portion. Rainwater goods are moulded asbestos, much of which is broken and missing.

Walls are mainly roughcast. The eastern gable of the two-storey section and most of the single-storey section are lime-washed rubble stone. The exposed upper portion of the western gable is finished with smooth render. A split in the coursing of the stonework to the rear indicates that the two halves of this wall are not tied in. Many window openings are bricked up; others are boarded over. The frames remaining in place are mostly 6 over 6 and 6 over 3 timber sash, with some exposed timber lintels visible externally. The front door is timber, its central section protected with metal sheeting.

The south-facing front façade has the main entrance set left of centre. To its right is one ground-floor window opening and a lower first-floor opening. To the left of the entrance is one ground-floor window opening with two first-floor windows—one left and one above the door—these large openings rising above the eaves into gabled dormers. The eastern gable is blank and street-fronted. A modern-style gate occupies the right side of this façade, with a semi-circular left gatepost abutting the eastern gable.

The eastern half of the structure comprises an integrated two-storey outbuilding with two door openings and one window opening to first floor at ground level. A partially collapsed single-storey outbuilding stands to the far left with one window opening. To the rear, the northern boundary is occupied by a low single-storey freestanding range of crudely constructed outbuildings. A further two-storey outbuilding stands to the west, its southern side recently destroyed by fire. A low stone wall bounds the west side of the front garden, incorporating a small stone-built shed.

The site sits on the northern edge of Londonderry. Originally a winding country lane, Coshquin Road is now much suburbanized with modern housing developments, though retention of hedgerows has largely preserved the rural character of the vicinity. The western boundary is formed with a low stone wall with a small gable-ended single-storey outhouse integrated into it. The eastern boundary, also a low stone wall, is street-fronted and merges with the eastern gable of the house. A nursery school adjoins the northern boundary. To the south is an overgrown garden; to the rear lies a wide laneway of farmyard character.