Survey Data

Reg No

14403703


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Architectural, Historical, Technical


Original Use

Gate lodge


Date

1830 - 1850


Coordinates

291743, 255116


Date Recorded

15/05/2002


Date Updated

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Description

Pair of pointed-arch entrance gates, built c.1840, with mock ruined stone tower having gun loops to the north-west. Three-bay single-storey stone gate lodge to site. Ashlar voussoirs and dressings to main entrance, rusticated arch to pedestrian entrance. Some paired timber sash windows to gate lodge.

Appraisal

The entrance gates and tower are designed and executed in a mock ruin style that was popular during the nineteenth century. The various treatment of the stone work, which was clearly executed by skilled craftsmen, adds textural variation to the site. The gate and gate lodge form part of a group of demesne structures with Dunsany Castle, stables, outbuildings, church and other gate lodges.