Survey Data
Reg No
15401121
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Previous Name
Farra House
Original Use
Gate lodge
In Use As
Gate lodge
Date
1840 - 1860
Coordinates
237496, 261830
Date Recorded
11/12/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge associated with Farra House/Charter School, built c.1850. Central projecting single-bay entrance porch to front (southeast). How is use as a private dwelling. Hipped artificial slate roof with central cut stone chimneystack with offset Tudor Gothic-style chimney flues. Constructed of cut limestone with square-headed openings with cut stone sills and replacement fittings. Square-headed doorcase with replacement door to porch. Set back from the road at former main entrance to Farra House/Charter School (15401122). Bounded on road frontage by rubble stone wall and accessed through pair of cut stone gate piers on square-plan with cut stone coping over. Replacement cast-iron double-gates. Modern single-storey outbuilding to west of lodge.
Appraisal
A modestly-detailed but picturesque small-scale structure of mid nineteenth-century appearance. It retains its early form and character despite recent alterations resulting in the loss of important early fittings and fabric. It is well-built using good quality cut stone masonry and is an appealing addition to the landscape. This gate lodge, and associated gateway and boundary wall, makes a fitting entrance to Farra House/Charter School (15401122), a notable structure built in the mid-eighteenth century.