Raheenduff House

Detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge, extant 1902, on a rectangular plan with single-bay single-storey side elevations; three-bay single-storey rear (west) elevation. Hipped slate roof with pressed or rolled lead ridges, roughcast central chimney stack having red brick corbelled stepped capping supporting terracotta pot, and cast-iron rainwater goods on slightly overhanging eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Roughcast walls on rendered plinth with rusticated rendered quoins to corners. Ogee-headed central door opening with cut-granite step threshold, and doorcase with clustered colonettes framing replacement timber boarded door. Ogee-headed flanking window openings in bipartite arrangement with cut-granite sills, carved timber mullions, and concealed dressings framing timber casement windows having overlights. Set back from line of road at entrance to grounds of Raheenduff House.

A gate lodge clearly illustrating the continued development or "improvement" of the Raheenduff House estate in the nineteenth century with the architectural value of the composition, one recalling contemporary gate lodges at Healthfield House (see 15703712); Stokestown House (see 15703404); and nearby Longgraigue House (see 15704028), confirmed by such attributes as the compact rectilinear plan form centred on a doorcase demonstrating good quality workmanship; the curvilinear profile of the openings underpinning a "picturesque" theme with those openings showing pretty lattice glazing patterns; and the slightly oversailing roofline. Having been well maintained, the elementary form and massing survive intact together with substantial quantities of the original fabric, thus upholding the character or integrity of a gate lodge forming part of a self-contained group alongside an adjacent gateway (see 15704022) with the resulting ensemble making a pleasing visual statement in a sylvan street scene.