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Historic building — Riverstown Road

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Historic building — Riverstown Road
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Detached single-bay single-storey gable-fronted boathouse with dormer attic, c.1890, originally with square-headed carriageway to ground floor, and three-bay single-storey side elevations having single-bay single-storey lean-to lower porch to north. Extensively renovated, c.1990, with carriageway remodelled, and dormer attic added to accommodate residential use. Pitched (gable-fronted) roof (continuing into lean-to to porch) with replacement artificial slate, c.1990, clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stack, c.1990, replacement square rooflights, c.1990, cut-granite coping to gables, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods, c.1990, on squared red sandstone eaves. Granite ashlar wall to front (east) elevation with tooled red sandstone ashlar walls to remainder. Shouldered square-headed carriageway to front (east) elevation remodelled, c.1990, with replacement fixed-pane timber windows, c.1990, on tongue-and-groove timber panels having casement sections. Round-headed window openings to remainder (one oculus window to gable) with cut-granite sills, and block-and-start surrounds (cut-granite keystone to oculus window opening). Replacement timber casement windows, c.1990. Square-headed door opening with cut-granite block-and-start surround, and replacement glazed tongue-and-groove timber panelled door, c.1990. Set back from line of road with coursed squared granite boundary wall, c.1990, to front having sections of iron railings over, and squared granite piers having iron double gates.

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