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Former entrance, now disused, to St. Joseph's School (formerly Drumcondra Castle), erected c. 1840 and comprising detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge with central projecting porch, and having return and enclosed yard to rear (north). Hipped natural slate roof with clay ridge tiles, partly hidden behind rendered castellated parapet with carved granite capping, central rendered chimneystack with terracotta pot, and some cast-iron rainwater goods. Ruled-and-lined rendered walling with moulded render stringcourse below parapet. Square-headed window openings with cut granite sills, chamfered reveals and render hood-mouldings, and replacement windows. Square-headed doorway with chamfered reveals and timber panelled door with glazed panel. Double-leaf cast-iron vehicular gate with foliate details and fleur-de-lis finials, flanked by octagonal-plan cut granite piers with castellated parapets and ornate wrought-iron pediment. Cut granite screen walls with castellated parapets and square-headed doorways, and single-leaf cast-iron gates with carved hood-mouldings. Pebbledashed rendered boundary wall to Grace Park Road.
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