placenamesCappoquin
Ceapach Choinn
Salterbridge’s house and gate lodge preserve contrasting stages in the district’s estate architecture.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Ceapach Choinn · Irish · main form · validated name
- Cappoquin · English · main form
Place & story
Salterbridge House
The present Salterbridge House was built in 1849 for Richard Chearnley around an earlier eighteenth-century residence. Its U-shaped plan has a projecting central porch and recessed end bays. Limestone dressings, grouped windows and ornamental timber brackets beneath the eaves give the exterior its elaborate character. Interior woodwork and plaster decoration preserve further phases of improvement. [2]
A lodge enlarged
Another surviving part of the estate is a gate lodge already present by 1841. Originally three bays wide, it was extended before 1904 to form a five-bay building. Changes in the masonry reveal its enlargement. Sandstone surrounds mark the doorway and windows, while a steep hipped roof completes the compact composition. [3]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Cappoquin. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Salterbridge House, NIAH 22902114 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Salterbridge gate lodge, NIAH 22902113 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.