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The Rectory — Church Street

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The Rectory — Church Street
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Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1890, having two-storey canted bay window to the central bay of the front elevation (south-west) and single-storey flat-roofed canted bay window to the south-east elevation. Modern single-storey glazed conservatory addition to the north-west elevation. Hipped natural slate roof with clayware ridge tiles, red brick chimneystacks with smooth rendered cornice coping, and with yellow and red brick eaves course. flat-roof over bay to the south-east end of the front elevation; hipped natural slate roof to canted bay to the south-west elevation having wrought-iron finial over. Red brick walls over smooth rendered plinth course with chamfered projecting course over, and with projecting stringcourse above ground floor openings. Smooth rendered walls to the south-east side elevation with red brick block-and-start quoins to the corners. Shallow segmental-headed window openings with two-over-two and one-over-one horned timber sliding sash windows. Paired shallow segmental-headed window openings over doorway to the south-west elevation having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows; red brick block-and-start surrounds to south-east elevation; replacement windows to south-east elevation at first floor level. Round- headed door opening to the south-east end of the main elevation (south-west) having timber door with inset round-headed panels, plain overlight and with staged red brick surround with dog tooth course. Flight of cut stone steps to entrance with rendered dwarf wall to the south-east side. Set well back from road in mature grounds. Rubble stone boundary wall to the south boundary of site. Gateway to the south-east corner of site comprising a pair of rendered gate piers (on square-plan) having projecting plinths and with moulded coping over, and with a pair of replacement gates. Located to the west of the centre of Buncrana.

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