Yew Park, demesne walls in County Dublin

What is recorded here

Yew Park in Elmpark still offers grand carriage gates and separate entrances for pedestrians, although the big house has been demolished. Whether you arrive on foot or in considerable style, they’ve made absolutely certain you can’t find the host.

Entrance gates, erected c. 1860, having double-leaf cast-iron vehicular gate flanked by matching pedestrian gates, with square-plan cut granite piers having carved lintels, cornices and stepped caps over pedestrian openings. Rendered curved flanking walls with cut granite plinth and capping, terminating in matching square-plan cut granite piers with carved cornices and having cut granite wheel-guards. Single-storey former gate lodge to interior of site.

This entrance was associated with the big house known as yew Park (earlier Elm View) and is an eye-catching reminder of the now demolished house. It forms an interesting feature on Castle Avenue and is part of a notable group with the altered gate lodge and the former workers' houses to the east. The stone carving shows considerable skilled artisanship, and the arrangement is well designed and executed.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 50030327

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