Survey Data
Reg No
22500380
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Previous Name
Sionhill House
Original Use
Gates/railings/walls
In Use As
Gates/railings/walls
Date
1810 - 1830
Coordinates
-1, -1
Date Recorded
11/06/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Gateway, c.1820, comprising pair of limestone ashlar piers with cut-stone coping, wrought iron double gates, wrought iron flanking railings having Fleur-de-Lys finials, rendered outer piers with quoins and cut-stone capping, rusticated curved flanking walls, and rusticated terminating piers. Reconstructed, c.1995. Road fronted at entrance to grounds of Sion Hill House with tarmacadam turn to front.
Appraisal
This gateway, which was reconstructed in the late twentieth century following the widening of the N25, is an attractive composition that forms a feature of Classical interest in a streetscape that has lost much of its historical fabric. The construction of the piers reveals high quality stone masonry, while the retention of early wrought iron gates enhances the design quality of the composition.