Survey Data
Reg No
14403606
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Technical
Original Use
Gate lodge
Date
1780 - 1820
Coordinates
280210, 255452
Date Recorded
14/05/2002
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge, built c.1800, with central porch, now vacant. Hipped thatched roof with red brick chimneystack. Rendered walls. Replacement windows and doors. Rendered gate piers with cast-iron gates to site. Cast-iron railings to site.
Appraisal
This house makes a notable and positive contribution to the surrounding area. Set perpendicular to the road, it once served as a gate lodge to Fosterstown House. The form and scale of the building are representative of the vernacular tradition in Ireland - unusual as a gate lodge to a demesne. The two windows on the south elevation are the only windows in the house.