Georgian Architecture

Georgian architecture is the name given to the set of architectural styles current between 1720 and 1840. Georgian Dublin is a phrase used in the History of Dublin that describes a historic period in the development of the city of Dublin from 1714 (the beginning of the reign of King George I of  Great Britain and of Ireland) to the death in 1830 of King George IV.

During this period, the reign of the four Georges, hence the word Georgian, covers a particular and unified style, derived from Palladian Architecture, which was used in erecting public and private buildings;

Characteristics of Georgian houses

• Pillars in the front of the house.
• Square symmetrical shape.
• A panelled front door in the centre
• Tiled hipped roofs (A roof which slopes upward from all the sides of a building.)
• The roof was often hidden behind a parapet, or low wall built around the edge of the roof.
• Fan light above the door.
• Paired chimneys.
• Sash windows (windows which slide up and down).
• The windows nearer the roof are smaller than the rest.

As Trudder Lodge was built as a hunting Lodge it has many Georgian features but the finish work such as latticing and plasterwork is not as lavish as others.