Leinster Lodge

Detached three-bay two-storey house, extant 1901, on a cruciform plan centred on single-bay single-storey projecting open porch to ground floor; single-bay (single-bay deep) full-height central return (west). Renovated, ----, to accommodate occasional use. One of a group of three. Replacement pitched artificial slate roof on a T-shaped plan ridge tiles terminating in rendered chimney stacks having corbelled stepped capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta octagonal pots, and uPVC rainwater goods on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined walls with rusticated rendered piers to ends. Square-headed central door opening with concealed dressings framing glazed timber panelled door having overlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement one-over-one sash windows replacing two-over-two timber sash windows. Set back from road in landscaped grounds with roughcast piers to perimeter having chamfered capping supporting wrought iron-detailed flat iron gate.

A house representing an integral component of the later nineteenth-century domestic built heritage of Rosslare with the architectural value of the composition, one possibly connected with the Johnstown Castle estate with the names FitzGerald and Leinster alluding to Lord Maurice FitzGerald (1852-1901), confirmed by such attributes as the compact plan form centred on a Classically-detailed porch; and the slight diminishing in scale of the openings on each floor producing a graduated visual impression. Having been well maintained, the elementary form and massing survive intact together with quantities of the original or replicated fabric, both to the exterior and to the interior, thus upholding much of the character or integrity of a house forming part of a neat self-contained ensemble making a pleasing visual statement in a seaside village setting presently (2007) undergoing extensive "suburban" development.