Survey Data
Reg No
22206809
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Previous Name
Ballycarron House
Original Use
Gates/railings/walls
In Use As
Gates/railings/walls
Date
1800 - 1840
Coordinates
200221, 133076
Date Recorded
15/06/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Entrance gates, erected c.1820, to former Ballycarron House, consisting of vehicular entrance flanked by pedestrian gateways. Square-profile chanelled ashlar limestone piers with carved caps flanking central entrance and terminating overall composition. Painted ruled-and-lined rendered walls flanking pedestrian gates, with dressed limestone copings. Pedestrian gates have pediments with keystones and ashlar limestone Gibbsian surrounds. Cast-iron gates, double-leaf to vehicular entrance. Octagonal-profile limestone wheelguards to roadside.
Appraisal
These imposing and ornate gates, forming the entrance to former Ballycarron House, are particularly well designed and of apparent architectural merit. The piers are solidly constructed and form a strong focal point which is offset by the finely carved pedimented side entrances with Gibbsian surrounds. The level of craftsmanship involved in the construction of these gates is of the highest quality. The gates are a reminder of the skill of local stone masons and sculptors available in Ireland at the time of their construction. They provide important context to the locality and form an attractive roadside feature.