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Lighthouse keeper's house in Howth

Lighthouse keeper's house

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Pair of semi-detached three-bay single-storey lighthouse keeper's houses with dormer attics, c.1860, having central projecting porches. Partly re-fenestrated and extended to rear, c.1990.ROOF: Double-pitched; slate; replacement concrete ridge tiles; nap rendered chimney stacks; clay pots; granite coping to gable ends with granite corbels; gable-fronted to dormer attic windows; square rooflights to rear; cast-iron rainwater goods; gable-fronted porch behind parapet; granite corbels. WALLS: Nap rendered; painted; red brick dressings; granite dressings to porch; slate-hung to dormer attic windows; nap rendered to wing; unpainted. OPENINGS: Original square-headed openings; granite sills; 6/6 timber sash windows to ground floor; replacement 3/3 uPVC sash windows to dormers; timber panelled doors; timber casement windows to wings; sheet-metal doors to integral garages.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 11367006

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