176 Culmore Road, Londonderry, BT48 8JH

This is a pleasing late Georgian style terrace cottage, likely built between 1820 and 1839 and later improved in the mid-Victorian period. The house and terrace create a picturesque arrangement, set within well-maintained gardens.

No. 176 is the end of a terrace of three, comprising two storeys and four bays. It is externally rendered in roughcast and painted white, with a natural slate roof and a rendered chimney. A mid-floor band of slates is shared with No. 172, corresponding to a change in wall thickness. The entrance door is off-centre, likely due to a later extension of the cottage’s length. To the south of the door is a 12-pane sliding sash window, and to the north a tripartite window, matching those of the remaining terrace. A further 16-pane sliding sash window is located beyond the tripartite. First-floor windows are nine-pane sliding sash windows, centrally aligned with the windows below. The four-panel entrance door features a shallow rectangular fanlight. A single-storey porch extension to the rear allows visibility of the mid-floor slated band. The gable is windowless, and the rear elevation has four-pane, non-sliding vertical sash windows. Modern half-round PVC guttering with downpipes is fixed to the gable. Prior to the addition of a bay to this cottage, the original terrace of three was symmetrically composed.

The terrace is shown on an Ordnance Survey map from 1830, and it is probable that it was originally single-storey and built as tenant houses by the Culmore Estate or Irish Society. The upper floor was likely added after 1860. The house was extended by one bay, sympathetically integrated, and re-roofed, with the chimney moved from its original gable position to the gable end. The architectural interest of the building lies in its style, proportions, setting, and group value. It also has local historical interest.