Survey Data
Reg No
13314002
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Technical
Original Use
Gates/railings/walls
In Use As
Gates/railings/walls
Date
1880 - 1920
Coordinates
217210, 261252
Date Recorded
16/08/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Gateway, erected c. 1900, comprising a pair of cut limestone monolithic gate posts (on octagonal-plan) with double leaf cast and wrought-iron gates having cast-iron fleur-de-lis finials and intersecting wrought-iron bars. Rubble limestone boundary walls to either side (northwest and southeast). Set on an axis with the main entrance to the stable/outbuilding complex (13314001) at Doory Hall to the northwest, and to the north of the remains of the main house (13314005). Located to the northeast of Barry.
Appraisal
This simple but well-crafted gateway forms an integral element of the Doory Hall estate (13314005). The gate posts are well carved while the decorative cast and wrought-iron gates are fine examples of traditional ironmongery and a add an aesthetic quality to the composition. A later addition to the Doory Hall estate, possibly after it was subdivided, this gateway lends an insight into the evolution of the demesne. Simple gateways of this type are subject to removal on account of modern agricultural requirements/field gate widening etc, making this example an interesting an increasingly rare surviving example of its type. It is a subtle part of the social and architectural heritage of Barry, adding incident to the landscape to the northeast of the village.