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Historic phoenix park lodges to be protected

Tuesday, 29 April 2008

DUBLIN City Council has proposed to place two lodge buildings located within the Phoenix Park on its record of protected structures.
Rose Cottage on Ordnance Survey Road, south of the Ordnance Survey Offices, and the Deer Keeper’s Lodge, close to the southern boundary of the Phoenix Park, just north of the Chapelizod Road, are both deemed to be buildings in need of protection.
Rose Cottage comprises a detached single-storey hexagonal lodge with an attic, built in the 18th century and altered in 1850.
It was originally built in the early 18th century as part of Luke Gardiner’s demesne in the park.
It was re-roofed in 1850 and an upper dormitory added. According to council officials, this dormitory addition, designed by Decimus Burton, is unique to Rose Cottage among the lodges in the Phoenix Park.
Ms Patricia Hyde, senior planner with Dublin City Council, described the Rose Cottage as an “attractive and unusual building” that was built earlier than many of the other lodges in the park.
“Although the building has undergone alterations internally, it remains very significant as it still retains its decorative ‘Lodge’ character, with its unusual projecting roof canopy,” said Ms Hyde.
The Deer Keeper’s Lodge was built around 1835 to a design by Jacob Owen in the ‘cottage ornee’ style.
Later outbuildings were built around 1840, set around a small courtyard behind the lodge that includes a pair of venison houses and stables within grounds of one third of an acre.
Ms Hyde said the Deer Keeper’s Lodge and its outbuildings form an important group within the Phoenix Park and its architects are known, which contributes to their significance.
“The Lodge’s external appearance has been little altered from its original design by Jacob Owen, while the outbuildings, designed in a more classical style by Decimus Burton, have also largely retained their early appearance,” she said.
Ms Hyde added that the link to the deer herd, which is one of the key elements in the significance of the Phoenix Park, adds further significance to the Lodge.

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