Survey Data

Reg No

11804062


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Architectural, Historical, Social


Original Use

Garden structure misc


In Use As

Garden structure misc


Date

1760 - 1800


Coordinates

300447, 235584


Date Recorded

10/05/2002


Date Updated

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Description

Freestanding viewing platform, c.1780, comprising platform approached by flight of five stone steps having rubble stone retaining wall. Set back from road in grounds shared with Leixlip Castle.

Appraisal

This structure is an attractive and unusual rubble stone feature that forms a subtle component of the Leixlip Castle estate. The building is of some social and historical significance, attesting to the expansion of the estate in the late eighteenth century to accommodate use as a gentleman’s residence. The rubble stone construction is a feature shared in common with further buildings in the grounds and is representative of the traditional economic method of building at the time. The viewing platform is one of a group of recreational structures in the grounds that also includes a folly (11804055/KD-11-04-55).