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Fern Hill — Enniskerry Road

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Fern Hill — Enniskerry Road
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Detached three-bay single-storey gable-fronted gate lodge, extant 1909, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch. Pitched (gable-fronted) profiled terracotta tiled roofs including pitched (gabled) profiled terracotta tiled roof to porch with perforated crested terracotta ridge tiles, red brick Running bond central chimney stack having red brick header bond stringcourse below capping supporting terracotta pots, decorative timber bargeboards to gables, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on exposed timber rafters retaining cast-iron downpipes. Gritdashed roughcast walls with embossed date stone ("1812") to gable in "timber frame" surround. Square-headed central door opening with rendered "bas-relief" surround framing glazed timber panelled door. Square-headed flanking window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing timber casement windows. Set back from line of road at entrance to grounds of Fern Hill.

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