Tullynally Castle

Detached three-bay single-storey with attic level estate cottage/gate lodge, built c.1820, having a canted bay window to either side of central gable-fronted entrance porch (south elevation). Pitched natural slate roof (scalloped-shaped), having decorative ridge cresting, cast-iron rainwater goods, a central pair of rendered chimneystacks and having decorative bargeboards and timber finials to the gable ends. Roughcast rendered walls with square-headed window openings having timber sliding sash windows. Cut stone hoodmouldings over the window openings to the gable ends (east and west). Round-headed doorway behind projecting porch having a timber door and a plain overlight. Timber bargeboards and timber finial to front face of porch. Set back from road in own grounds to the west of Tullynally Castle (154003021). Wrought-iron railings to the front and a gateway adjacent to the west having moulded stone piers and wrought-iron railings. Located to the west of Castlepollard within Tullynally Demesne.

A charming, well-detailed early nineteenth-century gate lodge/estate cottage associated with Tullynally Castle (15400321). This picturesque structure retains its early form, character and fabric. It forms part of an extensive collection of structures associated with the main house/castle and is a worthy addition to the built heritage of the local area in its own right. The good quality gates adjacent to the west complete the setting of this highly appealing composition.