10 Beach Road, Whitehead, Carrickfergus, Co Antrim, BT38 9QS

Attached end-of-terrace three-bay two-storey former Captain's House, part of the former Coastguard station, built 1870, located to the west side of Beach Road. L-shaped-on-plan. Roof is half-hipped and natural slated; timber bargeboards; red brick corbelled chimney to party wall and rear pitch. Walls are ruled-and-lined rendered over rendered plinth; smooth render to rear elevation; sandstone sill course at first floor. Windows are segmental-headed replacement uPVC casements; vermiculated sandstone surrounds; painted masonry sills, unless otherwise stated. Principal elevation faces east; recessed bay to left containing replacement square-headed uPVC entrance door with transom light with vermiculated sandstone surround (accessed by two concrete steps); small square timber framed casement window to left; two bays to right each contain window at each floor. South elevation contains, at left, square timber framed casement window at ground floor surmounted by timber framed 1/1 sliding sash window at first floor; triangular oriel timber framed window at first floor right; diagonal timber aproning; leaded roof; corbelled bracket support. West elevation contains central timber vertically sheeted half door with transom light; timber framed 6/6 sliding sash window to each floor at left and ground floor at right; surmounted by triangular oriel window (detailed as east); gunports to underside. North elevation abutted by HB22/06/011H. Building is set within its own grounds with access to the south-east through vermiculated square sandstone gate pillars; car-park and modern garages to north-west; enclosed yard to west. Rubble boundary wall to south and west. Roof: Natural slate Walling: Ruled-and-lined render Windows: Partly segmental-headed replacement uPVC casements; partly timber sliding sash; vermiculated sandstone surrounds RWG: Half-round cast-iron gutters