Survey Data
Reg No
13402311
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Gates/railings/walls
In Use As
Gates/railings/walls
Date
1780 - 1820
Coordinates
216715, 261954
Date Recorded
01/09/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Entrance gateway serving Doory Hall (13314005; now in ruins), erected c. 1820, comprising a pair of ashlar limestone gate piers (on square-plan) having chamfered plinths to base, stepped capstones and a pair of cast-iron gates with elaborate cast-iron finials. Sections of rubble stone boundary wall to either side (southwest and northeast). Located to the northwest of Doory Hall (in ruins), at the start of a long approach avenue, and to the southeast of Keenagh and the northeast of Barry.
Appraisal
This fine gateway acts as a suitably impressive entrance to the once important Doory Hall demesne. The simple but well-crafted gate piers are robustly built in good quality dressed ashlar limestone masonry, while the elaborate cast-iron gates are notable examples of nineteenth century metallurgy. This was probably a secondary entrance to Doory Hall, with the fine gateway (13402327) and gate lodge (13402326) to the southeast representing the main gateway to this once very fine demesne and house. It may have been erected c. 1820, at the same time that the eminent architect John Hargrave (1788 – 1833) rebuilt Doory Hall itself for the Jessop family. This gateway forms part of an extensive collection of structures and features associated with Doory Hall, along with the ruins of the main house (13314005), walled garden (13314003), the former estate worker’s house/possible school (13314014) and extensive complex of outbuildings (1314001) to the southeast; and the probably main gateway (13402327) and associated gate lodge (13402326) located to the southeast of the main house. This gateway adds interest to its rural location to the southeast of Keenagh, and is an integral element of the built heritage of the local area. The rubble stone boundary walls complete the setting. A single-storey gate lodge formerly stood to the northwest of the gateway, across road, but is no longer extant.