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The Retreat — Cobh

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The Retreat — Cobh
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Detached L-plan three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1820. Comprising single-bay three-storey gabled projection and gabled porch to front (south) elevation with two-and-single-bay extensions to east elevation. Pitched slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks. Rendered walls. Paired square-headed openings to first and ground floors having replacement timber sash windows. Square-headed openings to gabled projection having replacement timber sash and casement windows. Square-headed opening to porch with bipartite four-over-four pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed opening to porch with timber panelled door. Limestone threshold to entrance. Pointed arch opening to extension having timber panelled door. Square-headed openings to extensions having timber battened doors. Pair of square-profile rubble stone piers to north-east with cast-iron double-leaf gates. Rubble stone boundary walls to site.

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