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St. Columb’s — Moville

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St. Columb’s — Moville
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Detached three-bay two-storey house on complex irregular-plan, built 1865, having gable-fronted bay to the west end of the front elevation (south) having single-storey bowed bay window at ground floor level with castellated parapet over, single-storey box bay window to the east end of the main elevation (south) having castellated parapet over, gablet to the east end of the main elevation, two two-storey returns north with gablet and projecting gable-fronted single-storey porch to the east elevation, and with single-storey flat-roofed block to the west having castellated parapet over to the front elevation (south). Later single-storey extensions to west. Pitched natural slate roof with projecting eaves having exposed timber rafter end, yellow brick chimneystacks with stepped copping and terracotta pots, decorative pierced timber bargeboards to gable-fronted sections and gablets having timber finials, and with cast-iron rainwater goods. Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walls over smooth rendered plinth with chamfered smooth rendered block-and-start quoins to the corners. Smooth rendered stringcourses over bow and box bays. Square-headed window openings with render hoodmouldings over, stone sills, and single and paired two-over-two pane horned timber sliding sash windows having horizontal glazing bars. Square-headed window opening to the west elevation at first floor level having tripartite Wyatt-style timber sliding window. Shouldered-headed door opening to the north face of porch to the east having timber panelled door with quatrefoil motifs to lower panels, and metal door furniture. Set back from road in own grounds to the east of the centre of Moville and attractive mature grounds overlooking Lough Foyle to the south. Detached single-storey double-pile outbuilding to the west of site having pitched natural and artificial slate roofs with red brick chimneystack, rubble stone walls with red brick quoin detailing to the corners, square-headed window openings with timber sliding sash windows, square-headed doorways with battened timber doors, and square-headed carriage-arch with sliding battened timber double doors. Rubble stone boundary walls to site boundary to the north. Gateway to the north-east of site comprising a pair of red brick gate piers (on square-plan) having rendered caps, and with replacement metal gates. Rubble stone walls to site.

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