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Semi-detached four-bay two-storey house, built c. 1885. Comprising attic accommodation with dormer windows, gabled end bay to west having full-height bay window, single-bay two-storey entrance block and conservatory to south. Pitched slate roofs with cast-iron rainwater goods and rendered chimneystacks. Hipped slate roof having render bracketed eaves course to entrance block. Rendered walls with render plinth course. Moulded render cornice with keystone, string course and ornate plaque to bay window. Camber-headed openings to dormers having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows throughout. Square-headed opening having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows with continuous render sill course to first floor and limestone sills to ground floor. Render architraves over ground floor windows to west elevation. Round-headed opening to east elevation having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash window. Square-headed opening to entrance block, east elevation, having stained glass overlight and timber panelled door with stained glass panels.

Built to accommodate officers of the British Navy, the asymmetrical layout of this house with gabled breakfronts and canted bays are characteristic features of many middle sized houses built in Ireland during the later Victorian period. The house retains notable materials such as the slate roof and sash windows. The entrance with stained glass overlight adds artistic interest and is a notable feature of the house. It forms part of a notable group of four.