Survey Data
Reg No
22208211
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
Demesne walls/gates/railings
In Use As
Demesne walls/gates/railings
Date
1760 - 1800
Coordinates
214029, 120500
Date Recorded
29/06/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Entrance gates to Knocklofty House, erected c. 1780, and comprising vehicular entrance flanked by pedestrian gateways. Ashlar limestone gate piers with carved moulded caps and plinths, rebates with scroll details and having carved lions' heads with crowns to frieze all faces of piers, and coats of arms in medallion below to front faces only. Decorative copper and glass lights to caps. Square-headed pedestrian entrances set into cut limestone walling having cut stone copings and moulded plinths to jambs. Cast-iron gates, double-leaf to vehicular gates. Gates flanked by convex random rubble walling.
Appraisal
The form and scale of these gates create a dramatic entrance to Knocklofy Demesne. The piers display fine carvings which exhibit the work of skilled craftsmen and which add considerable artistic quality to the appearance of the entrance. The random rubble flanking walls act as a foil to the decorative gateway proper.