Survey Data
Reg No
12505016
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Scientific
Previous Name
Queen's County Infirmary
Original Use
Gates/railings/walls
In Use As
Gates/railings/walls
Date
1800 - 1820
Coordinates
247796, 198614
Date Recorded
29/08/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Entrance and boundary wall to former infirmary, erected c. 1808, renovated c. 2006, comprising of a pair of tall rusticated tooled ashlar limestone piers with pyramidal capstones, with a pair of wrought-iron gates, cast-iron fleur-de-lys decoration, pebbledashed screen walls with limestone coping and chamfered limestone plinth, containg flanking square-headed pedestrian gates with rusticated tooled limestone ashlar surrounds and limestone lintels, wrought-iron pedestrian gates matching design of main entrance gates.
Appraisal
Entrance gates to the former infirmary, enhancingthe setting along the Dublin Road. Its principal elements remain intact including the finely detailed wrought-iron gates and ashlar limestone piers. Gateway has foundry name, Mallet Dublin.