Description détaillée
Situated in picturesque Co. Cork, this medieval miniature castle at Annes Grove was designed by Benjamin Woodward of the distinguished firm of architects, Dean and Woodward, in 1853.
Designed to impress, it is in a romantic Gothic style, the building being a medieval castle in miniature. Since Woodward designed only two gate lodges of this type, it is of some architectural importance. It is situated at the junction of three small quiet country roads and surrounded by mature landscape and stone walls. The lodge, prior to restoration, had not been lived in since the 1940's.
This building, as designed by Woodward, originally comprised two rooms, one at ground level and one on the first floor, with a stairway contained in the turret leading to the first floor and to the roof, and stairway within the north wall (road boundary) leading to a wall walk over the entrance gate. |
