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End-of-terrace four-bay single-storey thatched cottage, c.1840, retaining original fenestration with single-bay single-storey return to north-west. Extended, c.1990, comprising two-bay single-storey flat-roofed infill return to north-west. Hipped (shared) roof on an L-shaped plan with reed thatch in English style having rope work to ridge, and rendered chimney stack. Flat felt roof to return with Perspex skylight, and plastic rainwater goods on timber eaves. Painted rendered walls over mud wall construction with rendered buttresses. Square-headed window openings with stone sills (concrete sills to infill return), and 2/2 timber sash windows (timber casement windows to infill return). Square-headed door opening with replacement glazed timber panelled door, c.1990. Set back from line of road in own grounds with gravel 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 22817033 – 39/WD-27-17-33 - 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. The retention of important salient features and materials throughout significantly enhances the historic quality of the composition.