Survey Data
Reg No
22111066
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Previous Name
Caher Lodge originally Mill View
Original Use
Gates/railings/walls
In Use As
Gates/railings/walls
Date
1860 - 1870
Coordinates
204863, 124856
Date Recorded
29/06/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding entrance gates to Cahir Park, erected c.1865. Chamfered coursed sandstone piers with stepped plinths and moulded string courses and caps topped with alabaster urns with figurative details, set into snecked sandstone boundary wall with stepped plinth. Limestone globe finial to similar pier in boundary wall. Ornate wrought-iron double-leaf gates with letters RBC (Richard Butler Charteris), added 1915. Limestone wheel-guards and chains to roadside.
Appraisal
These entrance gates to Cahir Park, the house no longer extant, were built erected during the early 1860s by Sir Charles Lanyon for Lady Margaret Charteris. Fine craftsmanship is apparent in the quality of the stonework, the urn finials and the wrought-iron gates. The gates are accompanied by the fine gate lodge to the east.