97 Windmill Rd, Cranfield, Kilkeel, Newry, Co Down, BT34 4LD

Much altered pair of single storey lighthouse keepers’ houses, aligned N-S on cliff top at Cranfield Point. This pair was originally mirror image but was partially demolished and knocked into a single property in 1975. Pitched natural slate roof (large slates laid in diminishing courses) with raised granite coped verges and squat pebble dashed chimney on north and south gables. That to north has a tall cast iron chimney pot with crested crown (rather like the smoke stack of an early train). The S end of the main block has been shortened from its original length and the chimney is modern and has a plainer stack. The roof is double pile to rear at N end with chimney similar to that on the adjacent gable. Walls are pebble dashed with a smooth basecourse and were originally smooth render painted. Each property was three bays wide, with central flat roofed porch and 2/2 sliding sash windows. The left two bays of the left house were removed in 1975, and the remaining porch on the right house was rebuilt in timber and glass. The remaining three window openings were enlarged and modern picture windows with thin concrete cills inserted. South gable was rebuilt, is abutted to right by the modern chimney and has a modern door and window to left. North gables are abutted by a single storey lean-to. It has a hipped natural slate roof and all its openings have been modernised. It is partially abutted at right by a modern flat roofed garage. Rear elevation is abutted to left by the rear pile of the original house. Its windows have been much altered. A similar block to rear right has been demolished and replaced by a modern flat roofed extension (possibly incorporating some of the original block) which extends over the original rear yard to fill the whole remaining elevation and advances beyond the south gable of the front block. Situated in an exposed setting, the front drive has its own track to the beach. Rear is enclosed by a 1.5m high random rubble granite wall with concrete coping. There are two large gardens (originally serving each house). The garden to left of main house has a modern swimming pool.