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Detached three-bay two-storey house on L-shaped-plan, 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, gable-fronted half-dormer bay to the east end of the front elevation, and large two-storey return to the rear (north). Three gable-fronted dormer openings to the west side elevation. Now in use as civic offices with extension to the east side of the rear return. Pitched natural slate roof with grey clayware ridge tiles, over hanging eaves with exposed rafter beams, central pair of smooth rendered chimneystacks with moulded cornice coping and octagonal terracotta chimney pots over, timber bargeboards, and with cast-iron rainwater goods. Pierced decorative timber bargeboards to east gable end and to dormers to the east elevation; decorative ridge cresting to dormer openings. Surviving timber spear finials to east gable end and to a number of the dormer openings to the east elevation. 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 painted sills, render hoodmouldings and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows; pointed-arched window opening over porch at first floor level having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed and pointed-arched window openings to the rear return having one-over-one, two-over-two and one-over-eight pane timber sliding sash windows. Pointed-arched door opening to front face of porch (south) having chamfered reveals, decorative timber lintel, timber panelled and plain overlight. Set back from road in own grounds to the south-west of Buncrana with garden to front of site (south) and tarmacadam carpark to the east. Rubble stone boundary wall to south having crenellated stone coping over. Pedestrian gateway to the south of site, serving porch, having a pair of squared and coursed rubble stone gate piers (on square-plan) with wrought-iron gate. Modern vehicular gateway to the south-east corner of site.
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