Case study · Stays

Gate Lodge 1837

A whitewashed gate lodge on the Atlantic edge, restored without being tidied away.

Gate Lodge 1837 lit from within at blue hour on the Clare coast
Client
Gate Lodge 1837
Location
Co. Clare, Ireland
Services
Editorial photography, interiors

An 1837 gate lodge brought back with the texture left in: bare plaster, slate floors, exposed stone and raw brass against sage and olive linen. It photographs best at either end of the day, when the small windows do the work and the whole cottage reads as a single warm point on a dark coast.

Iron framed bed with olive and sage linen on a slate floor
Stone sink with a raw brass tap
Exposed brass pipework against bare plaster
Dining nook with a dark timber table and a painting
Armchair beside a window looking out to open fields
Whitewashed cottage exterior with a red roofline
Breakfast laid out on a cast iron table
Round mirror above a writing desk against exposed stone
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