Survey Data
Reg No
13303010
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
Gates/railings/walls
In Use As
Gates/railings/walls
Date
1800 - 1840
Coordinates
209747, 279582
Date Recorded
11/08/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Entrance gates (secondary) to Castle Forbes (13303001), erected, c. 1820, comprising a pair of cut limestone gate piers (on square-plan) having chamfered dressed limestone plinth, cut limestone capping stones, and wrought-iron gates. Cut limestone bollards/wheel guards adjacent to either pier. Section of cut limestone wall to the west side having an integral square-headed pedestrian entrance with dressed limestone surrounds and wrought-iron gate. Altered three-bay two-storey gable-fronted gate lodge located adjacent to entrance (west) with decorative timber bargeboards, timber finals and terracotta roof cresting. Located to south of Castle Forbes and to the east of Newtown-Forbes.
Appraisal
A simple but well-crafted gateway that serves a secondary entrance to the Castle Forbes (13303001) demesne. It retains its early form, character and fabric. Good quality craftsmanship is apparent in the gate piers and the surrounds to the adjacent pedestrian entrance. Although not as imposing as the main entrance to the demesne (13303028) at the centre of Newtown-Forbes, this entrance has been designed in a similar fashion with the central gateway flanking by pedestrian entrance(s). This gateway forms part of an important group of structures associated with Castle Forbes. The altered gate lodge completes the setting.