Survey Data
Reg No
12402113
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
Gate lodge
Date
1815 - 1835
Coordinates
268206, 156329
Date Recorded
01/01/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Detached two-bay single-storey gate lodge, c.1825, on an T-shaped plan with single-bay single-storey projecting end bay to left, and single-bay single-storey return to east. Now disused. Hipped slate roof on a T-shaped plan with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stack on a profiled octagonal plan, and no rainwater goods surviving on cut-granite eaves having paired consoles. Unpainted fine roughcast walls over irregular coursed dressed limestone construction. Square-headed window openings (some in tripartite arrangement) with cut-granite sills, cut-granite surrounds having consoles supporting entablatures, and six-over-six timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening with cut-granite surround having consoles supporting entablature, and tongue-and-groove timber panelled door. Set back from line of road in grounds shared with Barraghcore House.
Appraisal
A picturesque small-scale gate lodge displaying robust detailing in the Classical manner with granite dressings exhibiting high quality craftsmanship enriching the architectural design value of the composition. Although having fallen into disrepair as a consequence of a prolonged period of disuse the elementary attributes survive in place, thereby making a pleasing visual statement with the attendant gateway (12402114/KK-21-14) at the entrance to the grounds of Barraghcore House.