Survey Data
Reg No
22207705
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
Gate lodge
Date
1780 - 1820
Coordinates
217349, 128582
Date Recorded
01/06/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay single-storey former gate lodge, built c. 1800, with gabled windbreak to front. Now disused. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystack and having overhanging eaves with ornate timber brackets. Painted lined-and-ruled rendered walls with rendered plinth course and moulded detail to eaves and barges. Square-headed window openings with limestone sills, blind to front elevation. Blind round-headed windows to south-east elevation flanking segmental-headed window with oculus above, blind oculus to north-west gable. Quarry glazing to rear and north-west elevations. Segmental-headed door opening to windbreak. Decorative double-leaf cast-iron gates and piers to north-east boundary.
Appraisal
An ornate gate lodge which forms an integral part of the old Knockeevan House demesne. Its simple form is enhanced and embellished by the decorative overhanging eaves course, oculi and blind windows. The gates are notable for their ornate piers which together with the gate lodge present an interesting, ornate façade to the roadway. Although now disused, the gate lodge makes a valuable contribution to the history of the locality.