Survey Data
Reg No
13401926
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
Gates/railings/walls
In Use As
Gates/railings/walls
Date
1850 - 1890
Coordinates
215181, 267691
Date Recorded
22/07/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Gateway serving Castlerea (13401908), erected c. 1870, comprising a pair of chamfered cut limestone gate posts having moulded pedimented capstones, and having a pair of decorative cast-iron gates having elaborate finials over. Gateway flanked to either side (north and south) by sections of curved rendered quadrant walling having chamfered ashlar plinths and moulded cut limestone coping. Quadrant walling terminated to either side by dressed ashlar limestone gate piers (on square-plan) having chamfered plinths and moulded capstones over. Painted deer head finials surmount outer piers. Cut stone wheel guards to outer piers. Located to the southwest of Castlerea (13401908) and to the west/southwest of Ardagh. Sections of rubble stone boundary wall to either side, running along road-frontage.
Appraisal
This appealing and imposing gateway forms the main entrance to Castlerea (13401908) to the northeast. It is well-crafted using good quality cut, carved and dressed limestone, while the elaborate cast-iron gates add further aesthetic interest. This gateway is later than the house, and was erected sometime during the second half of the nineteenth century (Ordnance Survey six-inch maps 1838 and 1913). The unusual deer head finials to the outer piers appear to be carved from limestone. It forms a pair of related sites along with the house, and is an integral element of the built heritage of the local area in its own right.