Survey Data
Reg No
31209076
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
Gates/railings/walls
In Use As
Gates/railings/walls
Date
1825 - 1835
Coordinates
114920, 290535
Date Recorded
05/07/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Gateway, sanctioned 1828; under construction 1831; extant 1838, on a symmetrical plan comprising pair of repointed tuck pointed drag edged tooled limestone ashlar piers having drag edged tooled cut-limestone stepped capping supporting replacement mild steel double gates. Street fronted at entrance to grounds of Castlebar Infantry Barracks.
Appraisal
A gateway making a pleasing visual statement in the streetscape at a secondary entrance on to the grounds of the Castlebar Infantry Barracks complex.