- Address
- North Road, Phoenix Park, Dublin 8
- Type
- Worker's house
- NIAH reg. no.
- 50060043
Constable's Lodge
North Road, Phoenix Park, Dublin 8, Chapelizod
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About Constable's Lodge
Constable's Lodge is one of 126 buildings in Chapelizod the National Inventory rates Regional. Constable's Lodge dates from 1870–1880. 5 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
The picturesque house was built to designs by Enoch Trevor Owen, who was responsible for a number of fine buildings within Phoenix Park. The diminutive proportions and vertically emphatic entrance tower enliven it while the unusual terracotta tiles give the building a picturesque appeal.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 50060043 · CC BY 4.0 · Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
NIAHRead its National Inventory recordThe full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 50060043↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 20 minutes
Chapelizod · about 1 km on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Constable's LodgeStart here
- 2Phoenix Park SchoolRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
- 3Phoenix Park Visitor Centre (demesne walls / gates / railings)Regional rating (NIAH) · 300 m on
- 4Ashtown Visitor Centre (walled garden)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 5Phoenix Park Visitor Centre (demesne walls / gates / railings)Regional rating (NIAH) · 400 m on
Ashtown CastleRegional rating (NIAH)300 mAshtown Visitor Centre (stables)Regional rating (NIAH)400 mAshtown Gate (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH)600 mAshtown Gate (gates / railings / walls)Regional rating (NIAH)600 mBessboro Lodge WestRegional rating (NIAH)600 mOther recorded houses around Chapelizod
8 like it are within 40 km, each with a photo. Dublin University Boat Club in Kilmainham is the nearest, at 2.5 km.
Questions about Constable's Lodge
Is Constable's Lodge on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 50060043).
Can you visit Constable's Lodge?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was Constable's Lodge built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1870–1880.
Is Constable's Lodge protected?
Being on the National Inventory or the Sites and Monuments Record is a record, not protection by itself: buildings are protected by their council’s Record of Protected Structures, which each council keeps and no national open list gathers, so this page can’t say which are on it.
Source: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and Sites and Monuments Record, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata (CC0).
Sources: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (buildingsofireland.ie). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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