Survey Data

Reg No

50010556


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Artistic, Technical


Original Use

Bollard


Date

1870 - 1890


Coordinates

315817, 234965


Date Recorded

30/10/2011


Date Updated

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Description

Four cast-iron bollards, erected c.1880, located at north end of O’Connell Street on central mall. Round in plan, approximately one metre high, bollards have pinched cylindrical form with highly decorative scrolled detail, pierced holes and capped domes with foliate motifs, all set in recent granite paving.

Appraisal

These four cast-iron bollards have elaborate Victorian mouldings and may have been erected as air-vents. Incorporated into the recent refurbishment of O'Connell Street's street furniture, they are a highly decorative element on the streetscape and add to the wealth of monuments and street furniture that has accumulated on the central mall over the course of two hundred years.