Survey Data
Reg No
12002003
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Previous Name
Saint Joseph's Industrial School
Original Use
Gates/railings/walls
In Use As
Gates/railings/walls
Date
1885 - 1890
Coordinates
250872, 155016
Date Recorded
17/06/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Gateway, built 1886, comprising pair of limestone ashlar piers with friezes between moulded courses, moulded capping having gabled trefoil-panelled finials, iron double gates, stepped buttresses supporting flanking pedestrian gates having iron gates, limestone ashlar curved flanking walls having profiled coping, limestone ashlar chamfered outer piers having friezes between moulded courses, moulded capping having gabled trefoil-panelled finials, and unpainted roughcast boundary wall to perimeter of site. Road fronted at entrance to grounds of Saint Joseph's Girls Convent School.
Appraisal
Exhibiting very fine stone masonry an elegantly-composed gateway forming a landmark in the streetscape of Waterford Road incorporates early iron ware enhancing the design aesthetic of the composition.