Crab Cottage

Terraced three-bay single-storey thatched cottage, c.1840. Extensively renovated, c.1990. Pitched (shared) roof with reed thatch in English style having rope work to ridge, and rendered chimney stacks. Painted replacement cement rendered walls, c.1990, over mud wall construction. Square-headed window openings with stone sills, and replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1990. Square-headed door opening with replacement tongue-and-groove timber panelled door, c.1990. Set back from line of road in own grounds with forecourt having rendered boundary wall.

An appealing, well-composed, small-scale cottage, which makes a pleasant visual impact in the street scene of Dock Road. The cottage forms an integral component of the vernacular heritage of Dunmore East, as identified by features including the construction using mud, and the thatched roof, and is one of a group of thatched structures (including 22817032 – 37, 39/WD-27-17-32 – 37, 39) that are unique to the area, having been purpose-built as holiday homes representing an element of the development of the locality as a seaside village in the mid nineteenth century. However, although much of the original form and massing remains intact, extensive renovation works in the late twentieth century have led to the loss of much of the historic fabric and patina.