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Kilmichael Point Coastguard Station — KILMICHAEL (Gorey By.)

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Kilmichael Point Coastguard Station — KILMICHAEL (Gorey By.)
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Detached seven-bay two-storey coastguard station, ----, on a rectangular plan. Occupied, 1901; 1911. In alternative use, 1914-8. Burnt, 1922. In ruins, 1940. "Restored", 1999, to accommodate alternative use. Replacement hipped slate roof with ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks centred on rendered chimney stacks having corbelled stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, paired rooflights to rear (south) pitch, and uPVC rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on cut-granite eaves on thumbnail beaded terracotta corbels. Repointed coursed rubble limestone walls originally rendered on cut-granite chamfered cushion course on plinth with red brick quoins to corners. Camber- or segmental-headed window openings with cut-granite chamfered sills, and repointed red brick block-and-start surrounds framing replacement one-over-one sash windows. Square-headed window openings to rear (south) elevation with cut-granite sills, and repointed red brick block-and-start surrounds framing replacement one-over-one timber sash windows. Set in relandscaped grounds with rendered piers to perimeter having chamfered capping supporting arrow head-detailed wrought iron gate.

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