Lansdowne Lodge, Kenmare, Co Kerry 

Mark Bence-Jones. A Guide to Irish Country Houses (originally published as Burke’s Guide to Country Houses volume 1 Ireland by Burke’s Peerage Ltd. 1978); Revised edition 1988 Constable and Company Ltd, London.  

p. 182. “(Petty-Fitzmaurice, Lansdowne, M/PB) A three storey house on an unusual cruciform plan, built btwn 1764 and 1775 by 2^nd Earl of Shelburne, the C18 statesman, afterwards 1^st Marquess of Lansdowne. The arm projecting in the centre of the front is pedimented, and has a plain doorway with sidelights; the arms at either side end in semi-circular bows. Camber-headed windows. The house was originally flanked by outbuildings, which have since disappeared. In the Victorian period, the house was given a roof-line of dormer-gables, into which the top storey windows were raised; and the Georgian glazing of all the windows was replaced with plate-glass. The house was mainly occupied by the agent for the Lansdowne estate. It now stands forlorn at the back of a housing-estate.”