house — Rockfort Villas

Terrace of three two-storey houses, built c. 1890, comprising central three-bay two-storey house having single-storey box bay windows to the outer bays to front elevation (south), and three-bay single-storey houses to either end, aligned at a right-angle to the alignment of central house, having single-bay single-storey canted bay windows to the south gable end of each house. Various later extensions to the rear (north) and to the north end of the west elevation of house to the west end of terrace. Pitched natural slate roofs with terracotta ridge cresting and finials, timber bargeboards and timber cladding on paired brackets to projecting gables to south elevations of houses to either end of terrace, and yellow brick with rendered corniced coping and terracotta pots. Hipped leaded roofs to projecting box bays; hipped leaded roofs and moulded eaves cornice to canted bays to south elevations of houses to either end. Some remaining sections of cast-iron rainwater goods including profiled gutters. Red brick walls (Flemish bond) over smooth rendered plinth course with smooth rendered block quoins to the south elevation of houses to either end. Smooth rendered walls to box and canted bays. Segmental-headed window openings at first floor level, paired to south elevations of houses to either end and to outer bays of central building, having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows; paired square-headed openings to canted bays and box bays having one-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Replacement windows to house to the west end of terrace. Central segmental-headed door openings to each house having moulded brick reveals, plinth blocks, timber panelled double doors, and plain overlights. Set back from road in elevated position to the south-west of the centre of Buncrana. Garden to front bounded on street-frontage by rubble stone boundary wall having decorative cast-iron panel railings over. Two pedestrian gateways having ornate cast-iron gates; vehicular entrance to the south-east having rubble stone gate piers (on square-plan). Detached two-storey outbuilding to the rear (north) having pitched slate roof, rubble stone walls, and square-headed openings.