Survey Data
Reg No
13901816
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Previous Name
Barmeath
Original Use
Gate lodge
Date
1820 - 1840
Coordinates
309939, 287680
Date Recorded
27/07/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Pair of three-bay single-storey gate lodges, built c. 1830, now disused. Hipped slate roofs, clay ridge and hip tiles, some cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast-rendered walling. Pointed arch window openings, smooth rendered reveals, painted stone sills (rendered to north lodge), painted timber multiple-pane casement windows, traceried fanlight. Square-headed door openings, painted timber vertically-sheeted doors. Attached roughcast-rendered structure to north lodge. Roughcast-rendered boundary walls to north and south; central entrance gateway, roughcast-rendered gate piers, tooled limestone caps, metal gates; wrought-iron gates and railings to driveway. Lodges set to either side of entrance gateway leading to Barmeath Castle to west.
Appraisal
Although fallen into disuse these attractive gate lodges, known as Sea Lodge and unusual in their design as a matching pair, remain a fine example of nineteenth-century demesne architecture and an integral part of the architectural heritage of the Barmeath Estate. They retain a considerable amount of original and early fabric and handsome gate piers, coupled with wrought-iron gates and railings to the driveway, help preserve the original context of the site.