coastguard station — RING

Detached thirteen-bay terrace of former coastguard houses, built c. 1865, comprising six two-bay two-storey houses, and one three-bay two-storey house to north end, with single-bay lean-to entrance porches to front (east) elevations, and having attached square-profile two-stage tower with chamfered corners and battered base to south-west corner. Three-bay two- and three-storey flat-roofed extensions to north elevation. Now in use as private houses. Pitched slate roof to fourth house from south, hipped and pitched artificial slate roofs to other houses, lean-to artificial slate roofs to porches, hipped artificial slate roof to south-west tower. Rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls with smooth render platbands to south-west tower. Camber-headed window openings with timber sliding sash windows, two-over-two pane to front elevation and ground floor rear (west) elevation to fourth house from south, bipartite one-over-one pane to first floor rear elevation of fourth house from south, and six-over-six to ground floor rear elevation to second house from south, and with timber casement window to first floor rear elevation to second house from south. Camber-headed and square-headed openings with replacement uPVC windows to other openings, including to square-headed openings to east elevation of porches. Square-headed door opening to south elevations of porches, having replacement timber and uPVC doors. Single-bay single-storey semi-detached garden sheds to front gardens, having lean-to slate and artificial slate roofs. Rubble stone boundary walls to south boundary of front gardens and to rear boundary with square-profile pier to north end.