Survey Data
Reg No
20910001
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Original Use
Gate lodge
In Use As
Gate lodge
Date
1850 - 1870
Coordinates
183864, 61843
Date Recorded
02/08/2007
Date Updated
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Description
Detached L-plan two-bay two-storey gate lodge, built c. 1860, incorporating fabric of earlier structure and having projecting gable-fronted south bay to front (west) elevation with lean-to porch to north elevation, and lean-to half-glazed extension to north elevation. Pitched artificial slate roofs with overhanging timber strutted eaves and rendered chimneystack. Rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Segmental-headed window opening to ground floor of gable-fronted south bay, having four-over-four pane timber sliding sash window. Porch comprising half-glazed, half-rendered north wall windows fixed timber paned windows, and square-headed door opening to west elevation having timber battened half-glazed door. Rendered gate piers and wrought-iron railings to north.
Appraisal
Well-executed Tudor Revival style gate lodge, one of the remaining demesne structures on the historical Trabolgan estate, once seat of the Roche family after which Roche's Point is named. Edmond Roche Esq., Lord Fermoy, began construction of the 600 acre demesne c. 1700, the Roche family remained in the house until 1880 at which time it was sold to Captain Clarke. Notable details, including timber roof finials and sliding sash windows, add to the aesthetic balance of the façade.