Survey Data
Reg No
12402407
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
Gates/railings/walls
In Use As
Gates/railings/walls
Date
1850 - 1860
Coordinates
262508, 151624
Date Recorded
01/01/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Gateway, built 1856, on an asymmetrical plan comprising pair of lichen-spotted limestone ashlar piers on chamfered plinths having dentilated "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed stringcourses below capping supporting timber boarded double gates with lichen-spotted limestone ashlar pier (north) on chamfered plinth having dentilated "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed stringcourse below capping supporting timber boarded gate. Road fronted at entrance to grounds of Gowran Castle. Additional photography by Don Allen
Appraisal
A gateway forming part of a self-contained group alongside an adjacent gate lodge (see 12402401) with the resulting ensemble not only making a pleasing visual statement in a sylvan street scene at an entrance on to the grounds of the Gowran Castle estate, but also illustrating the continued development or "improvement" of the estate by Henry Agar-Ellis (1825-66), third Viscount Clifden.