Bannow Coastguard Station

Detached four-bay two-storey coastguard station, built 1890, on a shallow L-shaped plan with two-bay two-storey advanced end bay; three- or four-bay two-storey rear (north) elevation. Occupied, 1911. Modified, ----, to accommodate occasional alternative use. Now disused. Part bitumen felt-covered hipped slate roof on an L-shaped plan with clay ridge tiles, cement rendered chimney stacks having lichen-spotted cut-granite chamfered capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on exposed timber rafters retaining cast-iron downpipes. Fine roughcast walls on red brick header bond chamfered cushion course on tuck pointed coursed or snecked rubble stone plinth with red brick flush quoins to corners. Camber-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and red brick block-and-start surrounds framing concrete block infill (ground floor) or replacement uPVC casement windows (first floor). Paired camber-headed window openings to rear (north) elevation with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Set in unkempt grounds.