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Ulster Architectural Heritage Society, Published 1994. Paperback, xxv, 168 pp.; 30 cm; illustrated with black-and-white photographs, drawings and plans.
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In Very Good condition. Glossy pictorial covers, color photograph of South Lodge, Drumcairne, Stewartstown, Co. Tyrone on front, green rear panel. Light bumping to edges and corners, mild shelf wear. Binding tight. Dampstaining to bottom interior corner of front and rear covers, not affecting the text block. Pages clean and unmarked. [From back cover] The gate lodges of Ulster have long deserved study. This extensively illustrated book aims to record all known examples in the nine counties of this fascinating and attractive building type. Gate lodges, though small, have a rich and varied architectural history spanning over three hundred years and including the work of the greatest Georgian and Victorian designers who practised in Ulster. The lodges often reflected the architecture of the big house they were built to protect but sometimes they offered the owner the opportunity to indulge in flights of fancy or fashionable whims which could not be afforded for the major residence. As a result the gate lodge appears in a wide variety of styles including Georgian Gothick, Cottage Orné, Irish Vernacular, Classical, Tudor Revival, English Picturesque, Italianate, Scots Baronial and Arts-and-Crafts. Many of the buildings described have now been demolished and as well as being a guide to existing gate lodges, the book also records those that have gone. The many illustrations which include photographs, drawings and plans, highlight the importance of gate lodges as a part of the Province's architectural heritage. They exhibit skilled craftsmanship, picturesque variety, scholarly design and simple delight in the towns and countryside of Ulster. Kimmitt Dean, born Belfast 1942, studied architecture at Queen's University Belfast and traces his interest in gate lodges to undergraduate fieldwork in the early 1960s; he joined the Northern Ireland Housing Executive in 1976. The book grew out of a university thesis begun thirty years before publication. Dean's later gazetteers cover Leinster (2016) and Munster (2019), so this volume remains the standard reference for the nine Ulster counties. Includes annotated line elevations of the principal lodge types with numbered architectural glossaries. Contents: Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; Evolution of the Gate Lodge in Ulster; Guide to Gazetteer; Gazetteer: Co. Antrim, Co. Armagh, Co. Cavan, Co. Donegal, Co. Down, Co. Fermanagh, Co. Londonderry, Co. Monaghan, Co. Tyrone; Glossary; Bibliography; Index of architects; Index of patrons.