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lighthouse keeper's house — FALLMORE

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lighthouse keeper's house — FALLMORE
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End-of-terrace three-bay two-storey lighthouse keeper's house, designed 1889; built 1890; extant 1897, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey projecting porch to ground floor. Occupied, 1911. Sold, 1957. Renovated to accommodate continued private residential use. One of a terrace of four. Pitched slate roof with roll moulded clay ridge tiles, concrete coping to gables on cut-granite "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" kneelers, and cast-iron rainwater goods on yellow brick header bond stepped eaves retaining cast-iron downpipe. Rendered walls on rendered chamfered plinth. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed yellow brick block-and-start surrounds framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): vestibule; camber-headed door opening into entrance hall; entrance hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters. Set perpendicular to road in landscaped grounds with drag edged rock faced granite ashlar piers to perimeter having capping supporting iron gate.

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