Survey Data
Reg No
15703914
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
Gates/railings/walls
In Use As
Gates/railings/walls
Date
1875 - 1880
Coordinates
270843, 115876
Date Recorded
13/09/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Gateway, built 1879, on a symmetrical plan comprising pair of cut-granite monolithic piers having shallow pyramidal capping supporting spear head-detailed cast-iron double gates with cut-granite monolithic outer piers having shallow pyramidal capping supporting spear head-detailed cast-iron railings. Road fronted at entrance to grounds of Kilmannock House.
Appraisal
A gateway forming part of a self-contained group alongside an adjacent gate lodge attributed to Sir Thomas Drew (1838-1910) of Dublin (Craig and Garner 1975, 62) with the resulting ensemble making a pleasing visual statement in a sylvan street scene at the entrance on to the grounds of the Kilmannock House estate. NOTE: An armorial plaque carries the intertwined monogram ("SB") of Captain Samuel Barrett-Hamilton JP DL (1838-1906).