Survey Data
Reg No
30408731
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
Demesne walls/gates/railings
In Use As
Gates/railings/walls
Date
1840 - 1880
Coordinates
183274, 231562
Date Recorded
26/08/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Former entrance gates to Garbally to west of gate lodge, erected c.1860, consisting of ornate cast-iron double-leaf gate set to carved limestone piers with dentillated flat capstones and decorative panels on plinths, flanked by matching cast-iron railings on similar plinths, in turn flanked by matching piers, and matching cast-iron railings on cut limestone plinth walls with copings and plinths. Terminating carved limestone piers with vermiculated channelled rustication. Located to north of Garbally Demesne and to west of Ballinasloe town.
Appraisal
The stone and ironwork gateway is evidently the work of skilled craftsmen in its design and execution. It would have been a suitably ornate precursor to the demesne house at Garbally.