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Latitude: 50.7617 / 50°45'42"N
Longitude: -1.2884 / 1°17'18"W
OS Eastings: 450286
OS Northings: 96033
OS Grid: SZ502960
Mapcode National: GBR 89R.533
Mapcode Global: FRA 8752.KVD
Plus Code: 9C2WQP66+MJ
Entry Name: Coastguard Cottages
Listing Date: 20 September 2004
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1391111
English Heritage Legacy ID: 491568
ID on this website: 101391111
Location: East Cowes, Isle of Wight, PO32
County: Isle of Wight
Civil Parish: East Cowes
Built-Up Area: East Cowes
Traditional County: Hampshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Isle of Wight
Church of England Parish: East Cowest St James
Church of England Diocese: Portsmouth
Tagged with: Cottage
EAST COWES
947/0/10026 ALBANY ROAD
20-SEP-04 Coastguard Cottages
GV II
Range of coastguards cottages, later cottages. Built in 1882 in Gothic style. Symmetrical range built of yellow brick with red brick lintels and stone dressings, slate roof and 10 ribbed brick chimneystacks with stone coping. Two storeys, with attics to projecting gables only; twenty five windows in all, two or three windows to each cottage.
EXTERIOR: The front or north west elevation has four projecting gables with kneelers, lunettes to attic and a round-headed arch to the first floor windows. The other windows are single or paired pointed headed sash windows, except for the ground floor under the gables and the penultimate ground floor square bay windows which have three lights. All are late C19 sashes with horns and without glazing bars, but some windows were replaced in the later C20 in uPVC. Stone band between floors. Arched doorcases with half-glazed doors. The rear or south east elevation is similar except that a number of later C20 flat-roofed one storey brick extensions have been added.
HISTORY: These coastguard cottages were built on reclaimed land replacing earlier cottages in the town.
A symmetrical range of purpose-built coastguards cottages of 1882 in Gothic style, substantially as built and part of a group also comprising the former coastguard officer's house, boathouse and washhouse which comprised East Cowes Coastguard Station.
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