Survey Data

Reg No

20914728


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Architectural, Social


Original Use

Lighthouse keeper's house


In Use As

House


Date

1895 - 1900


Coordinates

81486, 26156


Date Recorded

27/05/2008


Date Updated

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Description

Attached two-bay two-storey former lighthouse keeper’s house, built 1896, with single-bay two-storey projecting bay, comprising single-storey flat roof porch and flat roof water tank. Later extension to north-east. Now in use as private house. Flat roof with rendered chimneystacks and parapet and cast-iron rainwater goods feeding water tank having cast-iron overflow pipe. Entablatures to eaves courses. Painted smooth rendered walls with rendered plinth, sill course and quoins. Plinth and blind moulded oculus to water tower. Square-headed openings with two-over-two timber sliding sash windows, stone sills and moulded rendered surrounds. Square-headed door opening with timber battened door, stone step, cast-iron boot scrape and moulded rendered surround. Enclosed by iron railings (south).

Appraisal

This lighthouse keeper’s house, constructed as part of a complex established during the building works on Fastnet Lighthouse, retains its original form and character. It is an essential component of the complex with its importance being reflected in its symmetrical design and attention to detail. It makes a positive and pleasing architectural contribution to Rock Island and is a physical reminder of the maritime activities associated with Fastnet Lighthouse.