
What is recorded here
Detached two-bay single-storey gate lodge with dormer attic, extant 1856, on an L-shaped plan. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Extended, ----, producing present composition. Now disused. Pitched slate roof on an L-shaped plan with clay ridge tiles, rendered dwarf chimney stacks supporting yellow terracotta octagonal pots, decorative timber bargeboards, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on timber eaves boards. Roughcast walls. Square-headed window openings with sills, and concealed dressings with hood mouldings framing replacement timber casement windows. Set back from line of road at entrance to grounds of Kilfane Rectory.
A gate lodge illustrating the continued development or "improvement" of the Kilfane Rectory estate by Archdeacon Crinus Irwin (1771-1859) with the architectural value of the composition, a "picturesque cottage" attributed to James Pain (c.1779-1877) of Limerick (Dean 2016, 216), suggested by such attributes as the compact angular plan form; and the reproduction decorative timber work embellishing a high pitched roof.
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