Survey Data
Reg No
12402513
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
Gates/railings/walls
In Use As
Gates/railings/walls
Date
1905 - 1910
Coordinates
268393, 150817
Date Recorded
01/01/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Gateway, reconstructed 1906, possibly incorporating fabric of earlier gateway, 1750, comprising pair of granite ashlar piers with stringcourses supporting inscribed friezes, carved cornices supporting cut-granite capping, wrought iron double gates having cast-iron finials, sections of wrought iron flanking railings incorporating pedestrian gates, granite ashlar outer piers with stringcourses supporting inscribed friezes, carved cornices supporting cut-granite capping, unpainted rendered curved flanking walls with cut-granite coping, granite ashlar terminating piers with stringcourses supporting inscribed friezes, and carved cornices supporting cut-granite capping. Road fronted at entrance to grounds of Mount Loftus.
Appraisal
An elegantly-appointed Classically-detailed gateway displaying particularly fine stone masonry in notoriously difficult granite sourced from a quarry on site. Iron work incorporating cast-iron embellishments further enhances the aesthetic appeal of a composition making a positive visual statement at the entrance to the grounds of Mount Loftus.