Survey Data
Reg No
11221021
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Technical
Original Use
Gate lodge
In Use As
House
Date
1840 - 1860
Coordinates
312093, 224244
Date Recorded
20/06/2002
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay single-storey former gate lodge, c.1850, on a square-plan with three chamfered corners. Now in use as a private house. Smooth rendered walls. Replacement leaded timber casement windows. Canted bay window to south front. Entrance in flat-roofed projection to east. Hipped slate roof with central rendered chimney stack and wide projecting eaves, supported at each chamfered corner by a column, Greek Doric, to the principal elevation. Ornate painted cast- and wrought-iron railings and gate posts with beehive finials at entrance.
Appraisal
This picturesque lodge was formerly an entrance to Killakee House. It stands set-back from a very busy country road, and is thus easily missed. Once in the garden, however, its original proportions and classical serenity may be fully appreciated.