Crosshaven Coastguard Station

Detached gable-fronted single-bay single-storey boathouse, built 1864. Pitched slate roof with brick eaves course and timber bargeboards. Rendered rubble stone walls having tooled limestone quoins and brick to gable of front (north) elevation, with cast-iron bracing plate below eaves to side (west) elevation. Camber-headed door opening with block-and-start tooled limestone surround and voussoirs, having replacement double-leaf timber battened doors.

Set at the end of a long terrace, which comprises the former coastguard station, this group has played a significant role in the local maritime heritage. This boathouse, which is still fulfills its original function, retains much of its historic character and fabric intact. Built in the 1860s, this coastguard station forms one of a number which were built in Cork harbour in the nineteenth century to save lives, prevent smuggling and enforce British law and order.