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Saint Helen's

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Detached three-bay two-storey over basement with attic rendered house, built c. 1890. Three-bay full-height gable-fronted entrance porch projecting from north (front) elevation, single-storey canted bays to east and west of porch, single storey wing to east. Pitched slate roofs, crested clay ridge tiles, painted smooth-rendered tapered-cap chimneystacks, painted concrete verge copings, painted timber fretwork projecting bargeboards to porch, profiled extruded aluminium gutters at eaves course. Painted ruled-and-lined smooth-rendered walling, raised chamfered plinth to porch, render string course to base of gable to porch. Square-headed window openings, painted masonry sills, uPVC casement windows c. 2000. Round-headed window opening to porch gable, square-profile hood moulding. Square-headed door opening, plain glazed overlight, painted timber door with six raised-and-fielded panels, accessed by flight of stone steps with smooth-rendered flanking balustrade walls. Sea cliffs to rear, fronting onto graveled forecourt, approached by long tree-lined avenue, wrought-iron gates with cast-iron embellishments on replacement piers c. 2000.
This stylistically-assured villa-style house occupies a splendid situation with views over Sligo Bay to the south, further enhanced by being raised on a half basement. Bright and airy, it has many attractive features including canted bay windows, gabled entrance porch, approach steps and panelled entrance door.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 32400831

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