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Roche's Point Lighthouse Keeper's House

lighthouse keeper's house
Roche's Point Lighthouse Keeper's House
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Detached L-plan three-bay two-storey former lighthouse keeper's house, built c. 1910, having gable-fronted porch to front (north) elevation and multiple-bay single- and two-storey extensions to rear (south), including watch tower. Now in use as house. Pitched artificial slate roof with rendered end chimneystacks and render copings to gables. Pitched artificial slate roof to porch. Rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with cut stone sills and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed door openings to east and west elevations of porch having timber battened doors.
Lighthouse keeper's house of balanced symmetrical composition and retaining its early fabric and form. Built to house the attendant lighthouse keeper prior to automation of the lighthouse, the survival of structures such as this along the coastline adds significantly to the historical record and maritime heritage.

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