Survey Data
Reg No
50060025
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social, Technical
Original Use
Gates/railings/walls
In Use As
Gates/railings/walls
Date
1835 - 1845
Coordinates
311691, 236346
Date Recorded
25/08/2014
Date Updated
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Description
Iron turnstile entrance, erected c.1840, as pedestrian entrance to north boundary of Phoenix Park. Turnstile on cruciform plan with central axis set into concrete and turning within round-plan iron frame. Set within rubble stone north boundary wall to Phoenix Park, opening dressed with squared granite ashlar quoins, single granite ashlar lintel. Stacked rubble stone coping of boundary wall continues across opening. Tarmac footpath leading from North Road to gateway enclosed by low rendered walls with concrete ramp opening onto footpath of Blackhorse Avenue.
Appraisal
A simple iron turnstile pedestrian gateway without decoration but of robust construction, set into the boundary wall of Phoenix Park, and likely to date from the period of redevelopment undertaken by Decimus Burton between 1832 and 1849. As part of the wider collection of park features, this gateway is in good condition and continues to serve its original function.