Convamore

Detached T-plan three-bay single-storey former gate lodge with gabled porch, built c. 1880, now in use as private house, having lower lean-to addition to north-west angle, and recent conservatory and other flat-roofed single-storey extension to north-west corner. Pitched slate roof with projecting bracketed eaves, rendered chimneystack and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls with render eaves course and cut limestone plinth. Render open-bed pediment detail to north gable. Shallow window projections to end bays of façade, containing square-headed window openings with chamfered surrounds, moulded cornices, limestone sills and replacement uPVC windows, having cast-iron spearhead railings to northern window. Square-headed entrance door opening with moulded cut limestone shouldered surround, timber panelled door, overlight, render pediment detail to gable, cut limestone plaque to gable with coronet above, and limestone step. Single-storey rubble-stone built outbuilding with pitched slate roof and brick chimneystack to rear.

This ornamental lodge set inside the robust entrance gates and piers form an impressive entrance to the now ruined Convamore House. It was built to provide a new entrance to the house for a royal visit by the Prince of Wales in 1885. The centrepiece of the lodge is the porch with the finely cut limestone shouldered door surround and Lord Listowel’s coronet on the plaque over. It retains its historic form and much of its historic fabric such as limestone sills, door surround, plinth, slate roof with bracketed eaves, and render detail around the windows. The lodge and entrance is an important landmark feature and successfully announces the presence of a grand country house beyond.