Overview
Summerhill Lodge is recorded as workhouse administration block in Leitrim. Detached five-bay two-storey with attic Tudor Gothic former workhouse master's house, built in 1841, with two projecting end bays to rear and projecting entrance porch to east end and single-storey extension to rear. Pitched slate roof with gablets and corbels.
Why it was built
The saved account records: Detached five-bay two-storey with attic Tudor Gothic former workhouse master's house, built in 1841, with two projecting end bays to rear and projecting entrance porch to east end and single-storey extension to rear.
People and work
The saved account records: Pitched slate roof with gablets and corbels.
How it changed
The saved account records: Random coursed stone walls with plinth and string course.
What survives
The saved account records: Building set within its own grounds with random limestone wall with cut stone gate piers.
Why it mattered
Summerhill Lodge matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: Set back from the road on an elevated site, this imposing building is visible throughout Carrick-on-Shannon. Its composition is enhanced by architectural detailing including decorative stonework. As part of the former workhouse, this structure is of social and historical importance. This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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