Survey Data
Reg No
13402702
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
Gates/railings/walls
In Use As
Gates/railings/walls
Date
1840 - 1880
Coordinates
215782, 258310
Date Recorded
27/07/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Gateway serving two-storey house (not in survey), erected c. 1860, comprising a pair of dressed ashlar limestone gate piers (on square-plan) and a pair of hooped wrought-iron flat bar gates. Sections of rubble limestone boundary wall to northwest and southeast sides of gateway. Set slightly back from road to the north of Ballymahon, and to south of associated house at start of long approach avenue.
Appraisal
This simple but appealing gateway retains its original form and character. The gate piers are built of unusually good quality dressed ashlar limestone and are indicative of the skill of local craftsmen at the time of construction. The hooped wrought-iron gates are a modest example of traditional ironmongery, and add aesthetic appeal to their rural local Simple entrance gateways of this nature were once very common features of the rural landscape of Longford but are now becoming increasingly rare on account of clearance to accommodate modern agricultural needs, modern vehicular traffic and road widening schemes etc. Although construction was primarily functional, they exhibit visual appeal in the rural countryside. This gateway makes a pleasing roadside feature, adding appeal to its rural location to the north of Ballymahon.