Survey Data
Reg No
12001111
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Scientific
Original Use
Gates/railings/walls
In Use As
Gates/railings/walls
Date
1800 - 1805
Coordinates
251198, 155421
Date Recorded
17/06/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Gateway, dated 1803, on a symmetrical plan comprising pair of repointed piers on cut-limestone plinths having ogee-detailed cornice on blind friezes below urn finial-topped capping supporting wrought iron double gates. Renovated, 1992. Street fronted at entrance to grounds of Saint James's Asylum.
Appraisal
A gateway making a pleasing visual statement in a suburbanised street scene at the entrance on to the grounds of Saint James's Asylum. NOTE: The symmetrically-composed gateway frames 'an ill-executed statue [by Benjamin Schrowder (1757-1826)] of the founder [James Switsir (d. 1806)] who was a native of Kilkenny and amassed considerable property as a tradesman in Dublin'. In one hand of the statue is placed a scroll bearing the following inscription: "I am thankful to thee, O my God! for this and all thy blessings, through thy dear Son, Jesus Christ, Amen!"' (Brewer 1829, 447).