Survey Data
Reg No
15702911
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Previous Name
Woodville
Original Use
Gate lodge
In Use As
Gate lodge
Date
1885 - 1890
Coordinates
272403, 129718
Date Recorded
11/09/2007
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge with half-dormer attic, built 1887, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey lean-to projecting porch. Occupied, 1911. Hipped gabled slate roof on a T-shaped plan centred on lean-to slate roof (porch), perforated crested terracotta ridge tiles centred on tuck pointed snecked rock faced limestone buttressed chimney stack having cut-granite chamfered capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, quatrefoil-perforated timber bargeboards to gables on timber purlins, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on exposed timber rafters. Cut-granite banded tuck pointed snecked rock faced limestone walls on cut-granite chamfered cushion course on plinth with cut-granite flush quoins to corners. Camber- or segmental-headed central door opening with two cut-granite steps, and cut-granite surround having chamfered reveals framing diagonal timber boarded door. Shouldered square-headed flanking window openings in pointed-arch recesses with cut-granite sills, and cut-granite block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing two-over-two timber sash windows having overpanels. Square-headed window openings to side elevations with square-headed window openings in bipartite arrangement (half-dormer attic), cut-granite sills, and cut-granite block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing two-over-two (ground floor) or one-over-one (half-dormer attic) timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber boarded doors; kitchen (north) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber boarded door with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing diagonal timber boarded shutters on panelled risers, and carved timber cornice to timber boarded ceiling; parlour (south) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber boarded door with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing diagonal timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, and timber boarded ceiling. Set back from line of road at entrance to grounds of Woodville House.
Appraisal
A gate lodge not only contributing positively to the group and setting values of the Woodville House estate, but also clearly illustrating the continued development or "improvement" of the estate in response to the cutting-through of the New Ross Branch of the Dublin Wicklow and Wexford Railway (DWWR) line (opened 1887) by the Dublin Wicklow and Wexford Railway (DWWR) Company with the architectural value of the composition confirmed by such attributes as the compact rectilinear plan form centred on an expressed porch; the rock faced surface finish offset by silver-grey granite dressings not only demonstrating good quality workmanship, but also compounding a sober two-tone palette; and the decorative timber work embellishing the roofline. Having been well maintained, the elementary form and massing survive intact together with substantial quantities of the original fabric, both to the exterior and to the interior, thus upholding the character or integrity of a gate lodge forming part of a neat self-contained group alongside an adjacent gateway (see 15702912) with the resulting ensemble making a pleasing visual statement in a suburban street scene.