Survey Data
Reg No
15401210
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
Gate lodge
In Use As
Gate lodge
Date
1860 - 1900
Coordinates
243770, 259362
Date Recorded
20/11/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached gable-fronted two-bay two-storey gate lodge, built c.1880, with canted bay windows to ground floor on entrance front and a projecting cut stone pedimented single-bay single-storey Doric porch to (chamfered) northwest corner. Pitched natural slate roof with decorative red clay ridge tiles, clay fleur-de-lis finials, pierced bargeboards and a single red brick chimneystack. Constructed of snecked rock-faced limestone with red brick trim. Square-headed and segmental-headed windows openings with replacement fittings, red brick surrounds to openings on gable ends (north and south). Square-headed window openings. Set behind entrance screen with rendered gate piers on square-plan and interlocking metal railings. Previous served the back entrance (into stable block) of Ballynagall House (15401212).
Appraisal
A quirky gate lodge, of late nineteenth-century appearance, which retains its charm and character despite recent alterations. The pierced bargeboards, the snecked limestone masonry and the decorative ridge tiles are characteristic features of the period of construction. The cut stone Doric porch is an unusual feature on a building of this type and looks slightly at odds with the rest of the fabric while the canted bay windows to the entrance front may be recent additions. The contrast between the cold gray rock-faced limestone with the red brick trim and red ridge tiles creates an attractive appearance. This former gate lodge originally served the back entrance into Ballynagall Demesne and forms part of an interesting and important group of related structures with the main house, outbuildings and attendant structures.