house — Saint Oran's Road

Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1870, having advanced gable-fronted bay to the west end of the front elevation (south) with single-storey flat-roofed canted bay window, central single-bay gable-fronted entrance porch to the front elevation, and gable-fronted half-dormer bay to the east end of the front elevation. Recently renovated and extended with additions to the rear (north) and to the west elevations. Pitched natural slate roof, recently renewed, having grey clayware moulded ridge tiles, two central smooth rendered chimneystacks with moulded cornice coping over, replacement timber bargeboards with bell-ends and replacement timber finials to gables, half-dormer opening, and to porch, and having some surviving sections of cast-iron rainwater goods. Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walling over projecting smooth rendered plinth course, and with raised render block-and-start quoins to the corners. Square-headed window openings having paired two-over-two timber sash windows with horizontal glazing bars, and stone sills; pointed-arched window opening with leaded coloured glass over porch at first floor level; replacement windows to sides and rear. Pointed-arched door opening to front face of porch (south) having timber panelled door with leaded coloured glass panels; inner door with painted glass panel and with encaustic tiled floor to threshold. Stone steps to entrance. Set back from road on a corner site to the south-west of Buncrana with garden to front of site (south). Rubble stone boundary wall to south and west of site with crenellated stone coping to south boundary. Pedestrian gateway to the south having a pair of rubble stone gate piers (on square-plan) having hooped wrought-iron gate. Pointed-arched pedestrian gateway to the west boundary wall having red brick block-and-start surround, red brick voussoirs, and timber gate. Modern vehicular gateway to the south-east of site.