Survey Data
Reg No
15700710
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
Gates/railings/walls
In Use As
Gates/railings/walls
Date
1842 - 1905
Coordinates
316201, 164667
Date Recorded
26/10/2007
Date Updated
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Description
Gateway, extant 1905, on a symmetrical plan comprising pair of rendered, ruled and lined piers having finial-topped cut-granite stepped capping supporting spear head-detailed wrought iron double gates with rendered, ruled and lined outer piers having cut-granite shallow pyramidal capping supporting spear head-detailed wrought iron gates. Road fronted at entrance to grounds of Ballynestragh.
Appraisal
A gateway forming part of a self-contained group alongside the remains of a gate lodge (see 15700709) with the resulting ensemble making a pleasing visual statement in a sylvan street scene at the entrance on to the grounds of the Ballynestragh estate.