Stella Maris, house in County Louth

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Semi-detached three-bay two-storey with attic house, built c. 1860. Half-dormer to north, flat-roofed extension to south. Pitched slate roof, clay ridge tiles, smooth rendered corbelled chimneystack, clay pots, moulded cast-iron gutters on corbelled eaves course, circular cast-iron downpipes, painted timber bargeboards to half-dormer, timber finial. Roughcast-rendered walling, smooth rendered plinth. Square-headed window openings, smooth rendered patent reveals, tooled granite sills; round-headed window openings to first floor north and south elevations; painted timber two-over-two sliding sash windows; four-centred window opening to half-dormer, painted timber pivot window. Round-headed door opening, smooth rendered reveals and archivolt, painted timber engaged Doric columns flanking door, supporting frieze and cornice, plain-glazed fanlight, painted timber door with four flat panels, decorative door furniture, cast-iron grille beneath door, wrought-iron bootscraper. House set back slightly from road, bounded to north by wrought-iron railings on rendered plinth, cast-iron gate piers, wrought-iron gate; yard to south bounded by random coursed stone wall with square-headed door opening; stone wall further south bounding site from sea.

This attractive well-proportioned house retains much of its original features and fabric. Pleasantly situated overlooking the sea, it forms a noteworthy group with the houses to its east along the approach to Blackrock village. Features such as the half-dormer and elegant doorcase elevate the architectural quality of the house while the highly decorative functional ironmongery completes the site.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 13901227

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