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

Attached mid-terrace two-bay two-storey house, part of the former Coastguard station, built 1870, located to the west side of Beach Road. Rectangular-on-plan; single-storey kitchen extension to west. Roof is pitched and natural slated; brick corbelled chimney with concrete coping; replacement pots. Walls are English garden wall bonded red brick over painted rendered plinth; corbelled sill course at first floor. Windows are replacement segmental-headed uPVC casements in stepped vermiculated sandstone surrounds; painted masonry sills, unless otherwise stated. Principal elevation faces east comprising square-headed replacement uPVC glazed entrance door in stepped rendered surround with segmental-head at right; accessed via eight concrete steps with rendered parapet, shared with HB22/06/011C; window to each floor at left. South elevation abutted by HB22/06/011G. West elevation abutted by extension at ground floor containing single door and window. Exposed wall contains single square-headed window. North elevation is abutted by HB22/06/011C. 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. Roof: Pitched natural slate Walling: English garden wall bonded red brick Windows: uPVC top hung in vermiculated sandstone surrounds; painted masonry sills RWG: Cast-iron ogee profiled gutters and round downpipes