Coastguard Cottages, 18 Belfast Road, Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim, BT38 8BU

Attached two-bay two-storey terraced former coastguard cottage, built c.1864, located to the south of Belfast Road, Carrickfergus. West end-terrace in a group of seven, L-plan with single-storey lean-to entrance porch to west. Roof is hipped natural slate; blue/black clay ridge tiles, cogged brick eaves with few cast-iron downpipes remaining; square profile replacement uPVC rainwater goods. Three roughcast rendered corbelled chimneystacks; one to east party wall, two at west elevation; decorative clay pots. Walls are roughcast rendered; cogged brick string course and smooth rendered platband over, (north and west elevation only); smooth rendered plinth. Windows are timber casements with painted masonry cills (unless otherwise stated.) Principal (west) elevation is abutted by a single-storey extension with slated lean-to roof (off-centre to left); exposed section to right has two 6/6 timber casements at first floor; single at ground floor diminished. North (road-facing) elevation contains two windows at ground floor; three windows at first floor. East gable is abutted by No.16 (HB22/07/021F.) South (rear) elevation has two-storey projecting bay to left with hipped roof, detailed as main block; exposed section has single 6/6 timber casement window to each floor, narrow 1/1 timber casement to re-entrant angle at first floor. Left projecting bay contains 6/6 timber dipartite casements at ground floor; 5/10 timber casement at first floor. East elevation of projecting bay is abutted by single-storey lean-to extension with slated roof; (east elevation contains replacement entrance door and window to right.) West entrance porch contains single 1/1 window to west elevation, larger window to right cheek; replacement segmental-headed glazed panelled timber door to left cheek. Set parallel to the Belfast Road, Carrickfergus, accessed from the north with parking to west and garden to south. Bound to road-edge by roughcast rendered wall with saddleback coping. Divided form remainder of terrace (HB22/07/021A-F) by hedge. Two garages to rear, of no interest. Roof covering: Natural slate. Walling: Roughcast render. Windows: Timber casements with painted masonry cills (unless otherwise stated.) Rainwater goods: Few cast-iron downpipes remaining; square profile replacement uPVC.