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Westbrook House — Buncrana

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Westbrook House — Buncrana
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Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1840, having single-bay single-storey flat-roofed porch to the centre of the front elevation (east) having modern metal railings over. Now extended to the north with large single-storey extension and also in use as a guest house. Possibly containing fabric of earlier house to site, built c. 1807. Hipped natural slate roof with a central pair of rendered chimneystacks having terracotta pots over. Rendered walls with rendered block-and-start quoins to the corners of the front elevation. Square-headed window openings with painted stone sills, and with eight-over-eight pane timber sliding sash windows at ground floor level, and replacement fittings at first floor level. Round-headed window opening to front face of porch having three-over-six pane timber sliding sash window with spoked head to upper sash. Square-headed doorway to the north face of porch having replacement door. Central square-headed doorway at first floor level, over porch, having glazed timber double-doors\French doors. Set back from road in attractive mature landscape grounds to the west bank of the Crana River, and to the north\north-east of the centre of Buncrana. Wilson’s Bridge (see 40902928) adjacent to the south-east. Rubble stone boundary walls to site boundary to the south-west and west. Enlarged gateway to the south-west.

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