Site ID
2198
Alternate Names
Portraine Asylum
Barony / Municipal Borough
Nethercross
Parish
Portraine
County
6
Former County
Dublin
Townland
Portraine Demesne
Buildings and woodland indicated, area labelled Portraine Demesne, hospital indicated on site of asylum, golf course indicated in southern area of parkland
| Initial Overview | |
|---|---|
| Site Footprint Visible | Yes |
| Boundary Defined | Yes |
| Significant Development | Yes |
| General Comments | Large group of institutional buildings to east of the principal building and a housing development in the north eastern area of the deer park. |
| Architectural Features | |
|---|---|
| Principal Building | Yes |
| Garden Structures | Yes |
| Gateways and Gatehouses | Yes |
| Buildings of Indeterminate Purpose | Yes |
| Movement Within Site | |
|---|---|
| Entrances have changed | No |
| Drive position has changed | Yes |
| Avenues | No |
| Woodland Drives or Walks | No |
| Landscape Features | |
|---|---|
| Woodlands | Yes |
| Woodland Footprint Changed | Yes |
| Orchards | No |
| Parkland | Yes |
| Formal Garden | Yes |
| Kitchen / Walled and Productive Gardens | Yes |
| Vistas | No |
| Allees | No |
| Natural and Naturalistic Water Features | Yes |
| Artifical Water Features | No |
| Other Features | No |
