Survey Data
Reg No
15700920
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
Gates/railings/walls
Date
1800 - 1839
Coordinates
294524, 153446
Date Recorded
29/09/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Gateway, extant 1839, on a symmetrical plan comprising pair of cut-granite panelled piers on moulded cushion courses on plinths having "Cavetto" stringcourses below fluted pyramidal capping supporting cast-iron double gates with cut-granite panelled outer piers on moulded cushion courses on plinths having "Cavetto" stringcourses below fluted pyramidal capping supporting cast-iron railings. Now disused. Road fronted at entrance to grounds of Ballyrankin House.
Appraisal
A gateway forming part of a self-contained group alongside an opposing gate lodge (see 15701924) with the resulting ensemble making a pleasing visual statement in a sylvan street scene at an entrance on to the grounds of the Ballyrankin House estate.