Elm Park House — Clarina

The saved account records: Detached former gate lodge, built c. 1828, comprising single-bay two-storey slightly projecting centre-bay having lower, recessed single-bay two-storey wings to north and south elevations with single-bay single-storey entrance block to south wing, south elevation.

The saved account records: Cut limestone crenellations to roofline with rendered chimneystacks.

The saved account records: Ashlar limestone walls having limestone plinth course and buttresses to centre-bay.

The saved account records: Sweeping crenellated limestone walls to north and south terminating in pair of crenellated round-profile limestone piers.

Elm Park House — Clarina matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This handsome and impressive former gate lodge once gave access to the country house demesne of Elm Park, an important and historical estate, once the residence of Lord Clarina. The castellated country house is now demolished. This building was formerly one of two gate lodges built by James and George Richard Pain for the Massy family. Though no longer in use as an entrance, the gate lodge stands as a reminder of an era in Irish history and as an insight into the former status of the Elm Park estate. The use of Gothic Revival details and dressings as seen in the crenellated bays and cross loop details are a… This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.