59-65 Coastguard Road, Larne, Co Antrim, BT40 1AU

The property comprises a derelict two-storey, double-pile house and an attached row of three single-storey cottages, built between 1820 and 1839. They are located at 59-65 Coastguard Road, Larne, and stand near the end of the road on a peninsula within Larne Harbour.

The house (number 65) presents a three-bay symmetrical front elevation facing north-east. It has a slated, gabled roof covered in Bangor blue slates laid in regular courses, with hipped roofs to projecting front porches on the attached cottages (numbers 59-63), which face south-west. The cottages feature smooth, cement-rendered walls, incorporating lined and blocked sections. Lean-to outside toilets have been added alongside each porch. The house's original walls were constructed of stone, as revealed at one rear corner. Its windows are timber sliding sash windows, vertically hung with horns and 2 over 2 pane divisions, most of the panes being broken or boarded up. Decorative, non-functional, 20th-century louvered shutters are fitted to the sides of the outer windows. A later, dilapidated, timber-boarded porch with a ledged timber door is centrally positioned on the front of the house. The house also has smooth-rendered chimneys with original pots, along with cast iron gutters and downpipes. Ruinous outbuildings are located on one side.

The cottages exhibit similar features to the house, including slated roofs, smooth rendered walls, and chimneys with modern pots. Stone cills are present on the cottages.

Boundary walls to the sides and rear of the terrace are largely ruinous, while hedges front the properties. The buildings are in a state of significant decay. The site's formerly scenic waterside setting has been compromised by later developments.

The buildings appear on an Ordnance Survey map of 1833, not being designated as a Coast Guard Station until the 1857 map. Their appearance does not entirely correspond with depictions of buildings on the site in a painting ‘North View of the Curran of Larne’ by Andrew Nicholl, circa 1828. They are situated within the curtilage of a historic monument, identified as SMR: ANT40:40, and offer views across the Lough to the east, with the remains of a 16th-century tower house, Olderfleet Castle, visible to the side.