Rockingham, Shore Road, Cove And Kilcreggan

Mid 19th century. 2-storey, 4-bay, rectangular-plan, gabled cottage villa with Tudoresque details. Whinstone and sandstone rubble with harl-pointing, sandstone margins and dressings. Base course; quoin strips; advanced eaves, exposed rafters; small finials.

SW (MAIN) ELEVATION: 3-bay main villa with lower gabled jamb to outer left. Gabled block slightly advanced to left, full-height canted sandstone window, bracketted cornice, slate roof. 3-centre-arched door to right, chamfered surround, hoodmould, quatrefoils in squinches, 2-leaf, 6-panelled door, plate glass fanlight, plaque over door; square dormer above. Window at ground to right with gabled dormerhead breaking eaves above. Lower gabled block slightly recessed to outer left, link block with quadripartite trefoil-headed window, gable with window at ground, round-headed window in gablehead, hoodmould.

4-pane timber sash and case window. Grey slate roof, lead flashings. Corniced sandstone coped stacks with 3 grouped tall octagonal cans, that at centre with interlacing detail.

INTERIOR: not seen 1993.

BALUSTRADE: sandstone balustrade with steps at centre leading to front lawn; pierced quatrefoil balustrade with solid sandstone dies.

BOUNDARY WALL AND GATEPIERS: whinstone wall with harl-pointing; ashlar saddleback coping; square piers with stop-chamfered arrises, corniced, graded pyramidal caps.