Survey Data
Reg No
41307018
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Previous Name
The Castle
Original Use
Gate lodge
Date
1830 - 1850
Coordinates
272052, 320601
Date Recorded
29/09/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Former demesne gateway, erected c.1840, to now-demolished Ballybay House. Comprises four square-plan piers of tooled ashlar limestone with chamfered plinths and pedimented caps, arrow-head wrought-iron double-leaf gate mounted to central piers; low broad-S-curve ashlar flanking walls surmounted by saddle-back copings and arrow-head railings with cast-iron collars to bases. Detached three-bay single-storey former gate lodge inside gateway, built c.1840, now in use as house. Hipped slate roof with grey clayware ridge tiles, overhanging eaves with timber soffits supported by paired timber brackets, stepped smooth rendered chimneystack stack, and replacement rainwater goods. Painted smooth rendered walls with rusticated block-and-start quoins and projecting plinth course. Square-headed window openings with one-over-one pane horned timber sliding sash windows, with metal grid window protectors, moulded stone sills with corbelled brackets. Square-headed door opening with replacement double-leaf timber battened door with boarded-up overlight. Located east of Ballybay town centre forming entrance to public park.
Appraisal
The entrance gates and lodge are a key reminder of the now-demolished Ballybay House, whose grounds formed a significant plantation demesnes. The gateway displays good masonry and metalworking skills. The lodge is typical of many with its rigidly symmetrical form and sparse detailing.