Sunrise Cottage

Terraced four-bay single-storey thatched cottage, c.1840, retaining early fenestration with single-bay single-storey projecting glazed porch to front. Renovated, c.1990. Pitched (shared) roof (hipped over porch) with reed thatch in English style having rope work to ridge, and replacement red brick Running bond chimney stack, c.1990. Painted replacement cement rendered walls, c.1990, over mud wall construction. Square-headed window openings with stone sills, rendered surrounds, c.1990, and 2/2 timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening in projecting glazed porch with glazed timber door, and fixed-pane timber lights to porch. Set back from line of road in own grounds with stone cobbled forecourt having rendered boundary wall.

An appealing, well-composed, small-scale cottage, which makes a pleasant visual impact in the street scene of Dock Road. The cottage forms an integral component of the vernacular heritage of Dunmore East, as identified by features including the construction using mud, and the thatched roof, and is one of a group of thatched structures (including 22817032, 34 – 39/WD-27-17-32, 34 - 39) that are unique to the area, having been purpose-built as holiday homes representing an element of the development of the locality as a seaside village in the mid nineteenth century. The retention of important salient features and materials throughout significantly enhances the historic quality of the composition.