Summerville

Semi-detached three-bay two-storey over basement house, built c. 1860, having gabled end-bay with portico to east elevation. Gabled and canted end-bay to south elevation, east end. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Half-hipped slate roof to portico. Rendered walls with render plinth course and ornate foliate plaques to gable corners. Camber-headed openings to first floor, all with replacement uPVC windows, render continuous sill course and limestone sills. Round-headed openings to ground floor, having render impost course and limestone sills. Composite-style columns to portico having render plinths. Camber-headed opening with timber panelled door. Flight of rendered steps to entrance. Rendered boundary walls with square-profile rendered piers.

The house is part of a group of late nineteenth century housing which sprung up in this area following the arrival of the railway and the establishment of Youghal as a fashionable sea side resort. It retains its original form and character, together with important salient features and materials.