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What is recorded here

Semi-detached single-bay single-storey over basement gable-fronted gate lodge with half-dormer attic, built c.1875, with integral pedestrian gateway to south-west (front) elevation, and returning four bays to south-east. Scots Baronial in style with crowstepped gables. Pitched slate roof with lead ridge flashings, cut-stone chimneystacks having terracotta chimneypots, moulded stone cornice to eaves, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Squared rock-faced limestone masonry with tooled ashlar quoins and surrounds. Square-headed window openings with block-and-start tooled ashlar surrounds, stone sills and timber sliding sash windows, multi-pane Y-traceried to front elevation, and one-over-one pane elsewhere. Square-headed door openings with block-and-start tooled ashlar surrounds and four-panel timber doors. Built as pair with identical house attached to north-west, forming main entrance to Castle Leslie estate from Glaslough village. Formal entrance gate attached via quadrant wall to south.

Designed by architects Lanyon and Lanyon in a Scots Baronial style that echoes other buildings on the Castle Leslie estate, this gate lodge is part of a pair that forms a landmark architectural feature in the village of Glaslough. The pair of semi-detached houses, with their attendant gateways, terminate the vista at the end of the main street and set the architectural tone for the country house and demesne beyond. Fine stonework and the use of simple but effective detailing, such as crow-stepped gables, contribute to the architectural significance of the building, which retains a considerable amount of original fabric, with some sympathetic replacements.

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