Survey Data
Reg No
31906023
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Social, Technical
Original Use
Gate lodge
In Use As
House
Date
1800 - 1820
Coordinates
186649, 304441
Date Recorded
22/08/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Detached octagonal-plan multiple-bay two-storey former gate lodge to Rockingham Demesne, built c.1810, with flanking entrance bays and loggia to front and extension to rear. Now in use as a private dwelling. Tiled roof with rendered chimneystack and stepped rendered dentil cornices. Painted cut stone walls to ground floor with colonnade of octagonal columns to loggia. Rendered upper storey with cut stone quoins. uPVC windows with stone sills. Round-headed door openings with limestone thresholds, timber battened doors and spoked fanlights. uPVC doors to extension. Front site bounded by a low plinth wall with wrought-iron railings and gate flanked by octagonal limestone piers. Located opposite entrance to Rockingham Demesne with cut limestone piers flanked by curving cut limestone wall.
Appraisal
This octagonal gate lodge, officially known as "Errironagh Lodge", was possibly designed by the architect John Nash who was responsible for Rockingham House or by his draftsman, Humphrey Repton, who is credited with the design of many of Rockingham's lodges. The style of this lodge differs from the other main lodges associated with the estate. Its unusual form and restrained embellishment contrasts with the Gothic style lodge near Boyle or the highly classical Rathdiveen Lodge. The octagonal plan makes for a visually appealing structure and creates an impressive entrance into the estate.