Brook Lodge, house in County Kildare

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Terraced three-bay two-storey house, c.1800. Reroofed, c.1960. Refenestrated, c.1990. Gable-ended roof. Replacement artificial slate, c.1960. Concrete ridge tiles. Roughcast chimney stacks. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls. Painted. Square-headed openings. Stone sills. Replacement uPVC casement windows,…

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This house, although altered in the late twentieth century, retains much of its early character - the relationship between solid wall masses and the small window openings provides a quasi-vernacular effect. The house is of social and historic significance, representing the early development of Prosperous as a planned village in the late eighteenth/early nineteenth centuries. The house is of importance in continuing the established roofline of the streetscape, while the re-instatement of timber fenestration might restore a more accurate representation of the original appearance.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 11807004

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
George Cruikshank, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
JP, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Maker not stated on source page, monumentalireland.ie
Caragh Gaelic Football Club website; individual photographer not named, www.caraghgfc.com
Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
Maker not stated on source page, www.boboandchichi.com

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