Celbridge Lodge — Church Road

Detached three-bay (two-bay deep) two-storey over part raised basement house, extant 1860, on a rectangular plan; five-bay full-height rear (west) elevation. Sold, 1890, to accommodate alternative use. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Sold, 1963. Hipped slate roof on a quadrangular plan with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks having stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on slightly overhanging timber eaves retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Roughcast walls on cut-limestone chamfered cushion course on roughcast base with concealed tooled cut-limestone flush quoins to corners. Hipped segmental-headed central door opening behind (single-storey) prostyle portico approached by flight of seven cut-granite steps with paired fluted columns having responsive pilasters supporting ogee-detailed cornice on blind frieze below parapet, timber doorcase with panelled pilasters supporting ogee-detailed cornice on "Acanthus"-detailed fluted consoles, and moulded surround framing timber panelled door having sidelights on panelled risers below fanlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing eight-over-eight (basement) or six-over-six timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings to rear (west) elevation centred on round-headed window opening (half-landing) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing eight-over-eight (basement) or six-over-six timber sash windows centred on margined fixed-pane fitting. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, and egg-and-dart-detailed decorative plasterwork cornice to ceiling; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers. Set in landscaped grounds.