Survey Data
Reg No
15702661
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Scientific
Original Use
Gates/railings/walls
Date
1842 - 1860
Coordinates
303551, 133273
Date Recorded
20/08/2007
Date Updated
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Description
Gateway, extant 1863, on a symmetrical plan comprising paired panelled piers on moulded cushion courses on plinths having paired stringcourses below shallow pyramidal capping supporting cast-iron double gates with benchmark-inscribed outer piers on moulded cushion courses on plinths having paired stringcourses below shallow pyramidal capping supporting cast-iron serpentine railings. Now disused. Road fronted at entrance to grounds of Ballinkeel House.
Appraisal
A gateway making a pleasing visual statement in a sylvan street scene at an obsolete entrance on to the grounds of the Ballinkeel House estate: meanwhile, a benchmark remains of additional interest for the connections with cartography and the preparation of maps by the Ordnance Survey (established 1824).