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Kilpeacon House

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Kilpeacon House
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Detached three-bay single-storey former gate lodge, built c. 1810, having breakfront and flat-roofed extension to rear (east). Now in use as a house. Hipped slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, rendered chimneystacks and overhanging eaves with timber eaves brackets. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls with render plinth course. Square-headed openings with moulded render surrounds having fixed windows and limestone sills. Square-headed opening with timber battened door below flanked by timber and glazed sidelights and with glazed overlight above. Pedestrian wrought-iron gate to front of site. Square profile limestone piers with carved caps to north of site. Rendered side walls with limestone plinth terminating in square profile limestone piers with carved caps, flanking double-leaf cast-iron gates.
The modest single-storey size and square-plan of this lodge is characteristic of gate lodges of its era in Ireland. Typical too are the hipped roof and central chimneystack, which enhance the symmetry of façade. The breakfront enhances the appearance, as do the render architrave surrounds and bracket course. The gate piers add artistic interest and are a notable feature along the road side.

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