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officer's house — Prospect Avenue

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End-of-terrace five-bay single-storey officer's house, built 1794, on a rectangular plan. Sold, 1901[?]. Renovated to accommodate continued private residential use. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles terminating in cement rendered chimney stacks having capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta tapered pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-limestone eaves retaining cast-iron hopper and downpipe. Roughcast walls. Square-headed central door opening with drag edged dragged cut-limestone block-and-start surround centred on triple keystone framing replacement glazed timber panelled door. Square-headed flanking window openings with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing six-over-six timber sash windows. Set in grounds originally shared with Westport Infantry Barrack.

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