Survey Data
Reg No
15604053
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Previous Name
Enniscorthy District Model School
Original Use
Gates/railings/walls
In Use As
Gates/railings/walls
Date
1855 - 1865
Coordinates
297270, 139397
Date Recorded
17/01/2007
Date Updated
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Description
Gateway, designed 1859, on a symmetrical plan comprising pair of granite ashlar piers on chamfered plinths having "Cavetto"-detailed shallow pyramidal capping supporting crocketed wrought iron double gates with granite ashlar outer piers on chamfered plinths having "Cavetto"-detailed shallow pyramidal capping supporting crocketed wrought iron railings. Road fronted at entrance to grounds of Saint Mary's National School.
Appraisal
A gateway surviving as an interesting relic of the Enniscorthy District Model School designed (1859) by James Higgins Owen (1822-91), Architect to the Board of Public Works (appointed 1856).