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Title:	Belgard Castle, Naas Road, South Dublin County
Authors:	National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Keywords:	three-storey over basement former country house / castle Small pane timber sash windows medieval tower rubble stone walls crennelations pointed arched windows roughcast rendered radial fanlight pilasters archivolt - ornamental moulding elliptical-arched carriageway timber casement windows crenellated coping crenellation The Pale Bastion
Issue Date:	1-Jan-2002
Publisher:	Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government
Description:	Detached six-bay three-storey over basement former country house and outbuildings, c.1775, now in use as corporate headquarters of CRH plc. Square-plan medieval tower to the north-west with rubble stone walls, crennelations, and pointed arched windows. Rubble stone walls, roughcast rendered and painted. Small pane timber sash windows throughout. Timber panelled door with radial fanlight, pilasters and archivolt. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimney stacks. Two-storey rubble stone service projection to rere with elliptical-arched carriageway having granite surround, timber casement windows and pitched slate roof. Stone rubble walls with crenellated coping to the south. Ruined stable block to the south. Belgard Castle has a long history stretching back 700 years and was one of the bastions of the Pale. The castellated walls and tower give the complex a stately and grandiose presence, particularly in relation to the immaculately-kept gardens. It has been respectfully maintained and kept to its eighteenth-century condition by the present owners.
URI:	https://hdl.handle.net/10599/6817
Appears in Collections:	National Inventory of Architectural Heritage Collection Published Items

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