Adare Manor

Detached L-plan three-bay two-storey former gate lodge, built c. 1890, having projecting end-bay and veranda to front (east) elevation, bay window to south elevation, gablet to north elevation and single-storey extension to west elevation. Half-hipped slate roof with overhanging eaves, timber bargeboards and cut limestone Tudor-style chimneystacks. Cat-slide slate roof to veranda. Rusticated limestone walls and rendered walls to first floor front elevation and south elevation. Square-headed opening to first floor, front elevation with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash window. Square-headed openings to ground floor, front elevation and north elevation having render block-and-start surrounds, concrete sills and timber casement windows. Square-headed openings to bay window and projecting end-bay, front elevation with tripartite timber casement windows and fixed coloured glass overlights. Veranda comprising timber columns having banded shafts and timber battened panels to base. Square-headed opening with red brick block-and-start surround and timber battened door. Geometric tiles to threshold. Pair of square-profile ashlar limestone piers with stepped caps, double-leaf metal gates and sweeping rubble limestone boundary walls terminating in rusticated square-profile limestone piers with rusticated caps. Rubble limestone boundary walls to site.

This gate lodge adds interest to one of the former entrances to Adare Manor. The decorative cut stone chimneystacks and ornate timber veranda enhance its form, which is typical of the late nineteenth-century estate architecture. The juxtaposition of rusticated limestone walls to ground floor and rendered walls to first floor add textural and chromatic interest to the structure. The finely carved limestone piers add further interest to the site. It forms a group with the other gates lodges and estate related architecture of the former Adare Manor demesne.