Survey Data
Reg No
13303019
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Previous Name
Lismoy Upper
Original Use
Gates/railings/walls
In Use As
Gates/railings/walls
Date
1840 - 1880
Coordinates
211353, 279515
Date Recorded
12/08/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Entrance gates serving Lismoy House (13400812), erected c. 1860. Comprising pair of cut limestone gate piers on square-plan with chamfered dressed limestone plinth and moulded dressed limestone capping stones. Cast-iron double leaf gates. Located to the southwest of Lismoy House (13400812) and to the east of Newtown-Forbes. Attendant gate lodge (13303032) adjacent to the east. Rubble limestone boundary walls to the west.
Appraisal
A simple but well-crafted gateway formerly served Lismoy House (13400812), which retains its early character and form. Good quality craftsmanship is apparent in the dressed limestone gate piers. It forms an integral part of a group of structures along with the main house (13400812), outbuildings (13400811) and the attendant gate lodge (13303032) and is an interesting feature in the landscape to the east of Newtown-Forbes. The rubble stone boundary walls to the west complete the setting and add to this composition. This gateway was probably erected c. 1860, at the same time the Dublin-Sligo railway was constructed, which is adjacent to the west. Indeed, the construction costs may have been provided by the Midland and Great Western Railway Company, as was often the case when a railway line interfered with a large private holding.