Belline House

Gate lodge in Kilkenny, Ireland, dating from 1765–1785

Detached three-bay single-storey pedimented rustic lodge, c.1775, with pedimented prostyle tetrastyle Doric portico to front, and five-bay single-storey side elevations. Now disused and partly derelict. Pitched (gable-fronted) slate roof with clay ridge tiles, red brick Running bond chimney stack having stringcourse, and no rainwater goods surviving on overhanging timber eaves having timber modillions. Painted fine roughcast lime rendered walls over random rubble stone construction with engaged timber rustic Doric columns along side elevations incorporating rope-twist echinae supporting timber frieze. Square-headed window openings with painted cut-stone sills (shallow sills to front (west) elevation), and remains of timber casement windows. Oculus window opening to pediment with no fittings surviving. Square-headed door opening under pedimented prostyle tetrastyle Doric portico (with timber rustic Doric columns having responsive engaged columns incorporating rope-twist echinae supporting frieze, cornice having timber modillions, and timber stepped surround to pediment having timber modillions) with stone cobbled threshold, and no fittings surviving. Set back from road in grounds shared with Belline House.

Type:
Gate lodge

Period:
1765–1785

Where:
Kilkenny, Ireland

Coordinates:
52.36°N, 7.33°W

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