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Shore Haven

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Shore Haven
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Shore Haven in Lenaboy has three grand entrance arches with a railed terrace above, facing the busy coastal road. A fine spot to wave graciously at your subjects, until one winds down a window and asks whether you’re selling the car.

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Detached L-plan three-bay two-storey house, built c.1920, with canted bay to west end of front elevation. Two-bay west end of front elevation projects beyond recessed entrance bay, latter having three-arch loggia to front and having cast-iron railing to flat roof. Box-bay windows to east elevation. Hipped slate roofs throughout, having rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted rendered walls having raised render plinth. Square-headed window opeinings having painted rendered sills and replacement uPVC windows. Square-headed entrance opening having replacement uPVC door. Exposed limestone block boundary walls having rubble stone crenellation, capped limestone gate piers and cast-iron gates.
This large-scale house has a pleasingly irregular form, which combined with the unusual loggia, makes it a landmark on this busy coastal road.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 30323001

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