Coastguard Cottages, 6a-b Belfast Road, Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim, BT38 8BU

Attached single-bay two-storey terraced former coastguard cottage, built c.1864, located to the south of Belfast Road, Carrickfergus, east end-terrace in a group of seven; apartment 6a at ground floor and 6b at first floor. Rectangular-on-plan with two-storey hipped return to rear, (shared with No.8 HB22/07/021B.) Roof is hipped natural slate; blue/black clay ridge tiles; brick corbelled eaves; few cast-iron downpipes remaining and square profile replacement uPVC rainwater goods. Walls are roughcast rendered with cogged brick string course and smooth rendered platband over, (north elevation only); smooth rendered plinth. Windows are 6/6 replacement uPVC casements (mimicking 6/6 timber sliding sashes) with painted masonry cills (unless otherwise stated.) East gable is abutted at left by projecting precast concrete staircase with roughcast rendered plinth wall and segmental coping. Exposed section at ground floor has a centrally located replacement uPVC door (accessing apartment 6a); single window to right. At first floor apartment 6b is also accessed through a central timber door (fixed panel with 6 glazed panes over); single window to each side. String course projects partially onto east gable. Wall below first floor landing of projecting stair contains round-arched-headed opening, stair enclosed to left with timber sheeted door. South (rear) elevation is abutted by two-storey hipped return to left (shared with No.8 HB22/07/021B); exposed section has replacement uPVC double doors at ground floor; single window at first floor. West gable is abutted by No.8 (HB22/07/021B.) North (road-facing) elevation has a single window to each floor, (first floor contains dipartite 4/4 uPVC casements.) South return has hipped roof detailed as main block; two windows at each floor of south elevation, (two at left contained within No.8 HB22/07/021B.) East elevation is blank. Set parallel to the Belfast Road, Carrickfergus, the coastguard cottages are accessed from the east with parking to north and south. Bound by roughcast rendered wall with saddleback coping. Roof covering: Natural slate. Walling: Roughcast render. Windows: Windows are 6/6 replacement uPVC casements (mimicking the original 6/6 timber sliding sashes) with painted masonry cills. Rainwater goods: Few cast-iron downpipes remaining; also square profile replacement uPVC.