Survey Data
Reg No
15403115
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Technical
Previous Name
Coolatore
Original Use
Demesne walls/gates/railings
In Use As
Demesne walls/gates/railings
Date
1860 - 1870
Coordinates
223861, 244036
Date Recorded
17/10/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Main entrance gates serving Coolatore House (15403115), erected c.1866, comprising a pair of decorative cast-iron gate posts supporting cast and wrought-iron double gates. Located in a section of rubble limestone boundary wall, having crenellated coping over, to the west of Coolatore House. Further gateway to the north gives access to outbuildings (154031013), erected c.1890, comprising a pair of dressed limestone gate piers (on square-plan having crenellated coping over) supporting a pair of cast-iron gates. Located to the northeast of Moate.
Appraisal
An elegantly-appointed gateway associated with Coolatore House (15403114), which retains its early form and character. The highly ornate cast-iron gate posts and the cast and wrought-iron gates are of significant artistic and technical merit and make a suitably fine first impression on entering the grounds of Coolatore House. The well-built boundary wall and the more simple gateway to the north add significantly to this fine composition.