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Olinda — Kilmore Quay

coastguard station
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Olinda — Kilmore Quay
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Detached five-bay single-storey chief coastguard officer's house, commissioned 1884, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting lower porch; seven-bay single-storey rear (north) elevation. Occupied, 1901. Vacant, 1911. Sold, 1912. In occasional use, 1944. Sold, 1945. Resold, 1973. Renovated, ----, to accommodate continued alternative use. Hipped slate roof extending into hipped slate roof (north) with clay or terracotta ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks having red brick Running bond corbelled stepped stringcourses below rendered capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta tapered pots, rooflights to rear (north) pitch, and cast-iron rainwater goods on slightly overhanging eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement uPVC casement windows. Square-headed window openings to rear (north) elevation with shallow sills, and concealed dressings framing eight-over-eight timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Set in landscaped grounds.

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