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Lough Cutra Castle — LOUGH CUTRA DEMESNE

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Lough Cutra Castle — LOUGH CUTRA DEMESNE
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Limestone gate lodge formerly serving Lough Cutra Castle at southern entrance to demesne, built c.1820, with adjoining gateway. Now in use as private house. Comprises two-storey octagonal tower with single-bay single-storey projection to west having two-bay return, recent additions to east and rear, incorporating original gate opening. Flat roof having crenellated parapet with moulded corbel table. Snecked ashlar walls with moulded plinth course and continuous sill course to lodge and gateway. Decorative turret to west side of gateway with quatrefoil detail to parapet level. Slate plaque to gate lodge, now illegible. Armorial plaque with stag's head over doorway to gate lodge. Square-headed window openings with tooled stone surrounds and label-mouldings having replacement timber windows. Lancet window to original boundary wall now incorporated into extension to gate lodge. Pointed arch door opening in outer face of gate lodge with hood-moulding and timber battened door. Tudor arch gateway now glazed. Square-plan piers to shallow quadrant forecourt having chamfered corners with bllind loops.

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