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| Gloster Obelisk, Shinrone, County Offaly
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| 14942016 |
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| Reg. No. | 14942016 |
| Date | 1710 - 1750 |
| Previous Name | N/A |
| Townland | GLASDERRY MORE |
| County | County Offaly |
| Coordinates | 208859, 194559 |
| Categories of Special Interest | ARCHITECTURAL ARTISTIC TECHNICAL |
| Rating | Regional |
| Original Use | folly |
| In Use As | folly |
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Description
Single-arch folly with carved sandstone cornice to supporting piers flanked by obelisks, c.1730, with niches to bases of obelisks. Located to east of Gloster House on an elevated site terminating a view through mature woodlands.
Appraisal
The Gloster Obelisk is a wonderful example of an eighteenth-century folly. Reminiscent of the Castletown Obelisk, the obelisk at Gloster House is smaller. Nonetheless it creates a remarkable termination of the vista from the house, through a mature woodland, to the obelisk on an elevated height framed by the sky behind. Attributed to Edward Lovett Pearce, a leading exponent of Palladianism in Ireland, the obelisk was a form much favored by architects in the early eighteenth century. |
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