Darney Cottage

Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1840, having projecting single-bay porch to the main elevation (north), and with later five-bay single-storey addition to the west gable end. Original building extended to the west c. 1900. Pitched replacement artificial slate roof (fibre cement) having three rendered chimneystacks, one to either gable end and one offset to the west side of centre (at end of original building). Pebbledashed walls to front elevation with smooth rendered ruled-and-lined finish to gable ends (east and west). Square-headed window openings with painted sills and having six-over-six and six-over three pane timber sliding sash windows; timber casement windows to extensions. Recessed square-headed doorway to porch having battened timber door and with decorative overlight. Set slightly back from road to the west of Dunkineely. Low rendered plinth wall to road-frontage to the north having hooped wrought-iron railings over with cast iron finials. Pedestrian gateway serving doorway comprising a pair of ashlar gate posts with chamfered edges and pyramidal capstones, and with hooped wrought-iron gate with cast-iron finial detailing. Yard to the rear (south) having attached two-bay single-storey garage to the rear of single-storey extension to the west gable end having mono-pitched roof, roughcast rendered walls, and square-headed doorway with timber sheeted double doors; three-bay single-storey outbuilding attached to the south of garage having pitched natural slate roof, roughcast rendered walls, and square-headed window openings with continuous sill and multiple-pane timber windows; single-bay outbuilding attached to the south of three-bay outbuilding having pitched roof with probable stone covering. Detached single-storey outbuilding to the south having pitched natural slate roof and rubble stone walls; rubble stone walls to site.