Survey Data
Reg No
21301402
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Social
Previous Name
Ballyheigue Castle
Original Use
Gate lodge
In Use As
Gate lodge
Date
1820 - 1840
Coordinates
75080, 128018
Date Recorded
26/10/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Gateway to Ballyheige Castle, built c. 1830, comprising pair of single-bay two-storey lodge towers with cross apertures and battlemented parapets having elliptical-headed carriage arch to centre and single-bay single-storey flat-roofed end bay to south with battlemented parapet. Lodge to north now disused. Castellated parapet walls with sandstone copings. Sandstone ashlar facing to front and rear facades with rubble stone side walls and blind arrow loops. Pointed sandstone arches with limestone profiled sills and replacement windows. Three-centred recessed carriage arch.