Survey Data
Reg No
15322032
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
Gates/railings/walls
In Use As
Gates/railings/walls
Date
1835 - 1845
Coordinates
241290, 238147
Date Recorded
16/09/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Gateway and boundary wall, erected c.1840, comprising a pair of gate piers on square-plan with flanking sections of rubble limestone boundary walling (on crescent/quadrant plan) to north and south. Gate piers constructed of cut limestone over projecting plinth with shallow pyramidal capping over. Flanking walls terminated with rubble limestone gate piers on square-plan. Located at north end of Tyrrellspass, forming the north entrance to the former Belvedere Orphan Institution.
Appraisal
An attractive composition of simple appearance, which forms a subtle feature in the streetscape to the north of Tyrrellspass. This gateway forms the northern entrance to the former Belvedere Orphan Institute, a charitable institution created at the bequest of Jane, Countess of Belvedere (died 1836).