Survey Data

Reg No

14403701


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Technical


Original Use

Gate lodge


Date

1830 - 1850


Coordinates

292284, 254922


Date Recorded

15/05/2002


Date Updated

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Description

Detached single-bay two-stage gate lodge with castellations parapet, built c.1840, now vacant. Dressed limestone walls with ashlar string courses. Paired gun loop openings with ashlar dressings and label mouldings. Ashlar limestone entrance gate with castellated parapet to north-west, with Tudor arch opening having a single and a pair of cast-iron gates. Carved stone crest over main gate. Set in roughly dressed limestone boundary walls with castellated parapet.

Appraisal

The gate lodge and entrance gates are of apparent architectural design and were clearly executed by skilled craftsmen. The architectural detailing, such as the castellations, hood mouldings, label mouldings and string courses articulate the forms of the gate lodge and gates. The carved stone crest adds artistic interest. The gate and gate lodge form part of a group of demesne structures with Dunsany Castle, stables, outbuildings, church and other gate lodges.