Survey Data

Reg No

14315040


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Technical


Previous Name

Slane Constabulary Barrack


Original Use

Gates/railings/walls


In Use As

Gates/railings/walls


Date

1760 - 1770


Coordinates

296220, 274176


Date Recorded

26/04/2002


Date Updated

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Description

Square-profile ashlar limestone gate piers, c.1760, with carved limestone cap stones, set in stone boundary walls. Pair of cast-iron gates with oval and fleur-de-lis motifs and interlocking shamrock and thistle floral finial.

Appraisal

These fine gates and piers contribute to the setting of the house and to the streetscape. The cast-iron and masonry were clearly executed by skilled craftsmen. These gates were built as part of the formally planned eighteenth-century estate village as devised by Viscount Conyngham, who stipulated the form and materials to be used in the construction of the village.