The Gate Lodge

End-of-terrace three-bay two-storey thatched house, built c. 1830. Hipped thatched roof with overhanging eaves, forming canopy over entrance, supported by timber posts. Rendered walls. Square-headed openings with fixed pane timber windows and concrete sills. Square-headed door opening with timber panelled half-glazed door. Rubble stone walls with rendered copings and cast-iron gate.

This terrace of thatched cottages is an unusual example of the English picturesque style in Ireland. These cottages were built outside the gates of Adare Manor at the beginning of the nineteenth century to replace a collection of earlier cottages. The terrace is a highly recognisable feature within the town, which is famous for these thatched houses. They form a group with the nearby structures on the Dunraven estate. Together these structures add much to the site next to the main entrance to Adare Manor. The building retains much of its original form and structure as well as its site, bounded by the stone wall.