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Round House (The), Main Street, Big Lane, Celbridge, County Kildare
11805002
Representative view of front (south-east) elevation.
Reg. No.11805002
Date1775 - 1785
Previous NameN/A
TownlandCELBRIDGE
CountyCounty Kildare
Coordinates297481, 233323
Categories of Special InterestARCHITECTURAL SOCIAL
RatingRegional
Original Usegate lodge
 
Description
Attached two-bay two-storey gate lodge, c.1780, originally detached on a corner site retaining early fenestration with two-bay two-storey end bay to right (north-east), single-bay two-storey side elevation to south-west and single-bay two-storey return to rear to north-west. Renovated, c.1890, with single-bay two-storey bowed projecting entrance bay added to front (south-east). Now disused. Gable-ended roofs with slate (half-conical to bowed projecting bay). Red clay crested ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stack with red brick dressings. Roughcast chimney stack. Rendered coping to gables. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast walls. Unpainted. Roughcast parapet wall to part of bowed projecting bay with rendered coping. Square-headed openings (paired to ground floor bowed projecting bay). Stone sills. 1/1 timber sash windows. Door opening now blocked up. Road fronted on a corner site. Tarmacadam footpath to front.

Appraisal
This gate lodge, which is now disused and in fair condition, is an attractive and unusual feature that terminates the vista of Main Street to the north, introducing the gateway to Castletown House. Originally a smaller building of balanced proportions, the addition of a bowed projecting entrance bay to the front (south-east) distinguishes the composition and adds to its unique character. The gate lodge is of considerable interest as a component of the Castletown estate, and forms a neat sub-group with the gateway and further gate lodge to north-east. The gate lodge retains many original features and materials, including timber sash fenestration and a slate roof with decorative red clay ridge tiles ? such features ought to be retained, where possible, in the course of future renovations.
 
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