Survey Data
Reg No
15402015
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Technical
Original Use
Demesne walls/gates/railings
In Use As
Demesne walls/gates/railings
Date
1820 - 1880
Coordinates
255838, 253247
Date Recorded
02/11/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Main entrance gates serving Lisnabin Castle (15402014), built or re-erected c.1860, comprising four crenellated ashlar limestone gate piers (on square-plan), having associated cast-iron gates and railings with decorative cast-iron supports. Carved coat of arms of the Purdon Family to the front face (northeast) of each of the gate piers. Rubble limestone (curved) screen walls run away to northwest and southeast forming (gravel) forecourt to exterior of gates. Located to the northeast of Lisnabin Castle (15402014) with attendant gate lodge to south (15402033). Estate wall runs away to the north.
Appraisal
An elegant set of entrance gates, which make a suitably fine first impression on entry to the Lisnabin Castle Demesne (15402014). The construction in tooled ashlar limestone and the very fine cast-iron gates and railings exhibit high quality craftsmanship of artistic merit. The carved stone coat of arms of the Purdon Family, the original owners of Lisnabin Castle, adds an extra dimension of historical merit to this gateway. The associated estate walls complete this fine composition, which forms an appealing self-contained pair with the attendant gate lodge to the southwest (15402033). These gates were erected or re-erected in the mid nineteenth-century (Ordnance Survey Map 1837) and may have been moved from a previous main entrance to the northwest of the present gate.