Survey Data
Reg No
11823026
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Social
Original Use
Gates/railings/walls
In Use As
Gates/railings/walls
Date
1780 - 1820
Coordinates
278271, 185284
Date Recorded
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Date Updated
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Description
Gateway, c.1800, comprising pair of rusticated cut-stone monolithic piers with rusticated cut-stone capping having wrought iron double gates and sections of rubble stone flanking boundary walls with rubble stone coping.
Appraisal
This gateway is an attractive feature on the streetscape of Main Street. The construction of the piers is an example of the high quality of stone masonry practised in the locality, while the gates are a good example of early surviving wrought iron work. The construction of the boundary wall is representative of the traditional method of constructing boundary walls and is an important survival – elsewhere, traditional walls have been replaced with unsympathetic modern versions. The use of locally-quarried rubble granite is a feature shared with further buildings in the locality of Castledermot.