Survey Data
Reg No
22208308
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic
Previous Name
Summerville
Original Use
Gates/railings/walls
In Use As
Gates/railings/walls
Date
1790 - 1800
Coordinates
217378, 122992
Date Recorded
04/07/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Entrance gates to Ballingarrane House, erected c.1795, comprising square-profile channelled limestone piers to vehicular entrance gates, with moulded plinths and copings, fluted frieze, cut stone caps with urns. Lower engaged piers to sides of piers with plinths and moulded caps and supporting cast-iron double-leaf gates, with flanking cast-iron railings terminating in low outer cut limestone piers flanked in turn by rendered walls with cut limestone copings.
Appraisal
Prominently sited on the Clonmel to Cahir road, these gates, railings and piers are typical of the elaborate entrances associated with country houses. The channelled rustication, the urns and copings are all inspired by classical motifs, and are used as a show of status and taste. The craftsmanship and design involved in cutting, carving, and fitting the blocks to create a complex form representing a square-plan pier sandwiched between two shorter half piers is considerable.