Survey Data
Reg No
12000245
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Scientific
Original Use
Gates/railings/walls
In Use As
Gates/railings/walls
Date
1815 - 1820
Coordinates
250928, 156045
Date Recorded
16/06/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Gateway, dated 1819, on a symmetrical plan comprising pair of cusp-detailed limestone ashlar panelled piers on moulded cushion courses on benchmark-inscribed plinths having shallow pyramidal capping on blind friezes on stringcourses supporting arrow- and spear head-detailed wrought iron double gates. Street fronted at entrance to grounds of Saint John's Church.
Appraisal
A gateway 'Erected 10th Augt. AD 1819 [by] Richard Dowling Sculptor Kilkenny' making a pleasing visual statement in John Street Lower.