Survey Data
Reg No
31209075
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
Gates/railings/walls
In Use As
Gates/railings/walls
Date
1825 - 1835
Coordinates
114685, 290300
Date Recorded
05/07/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Gateway, sanctioned 1828[?]; under construction 1831[?]; extant 1838, on a symmetrical plan comprising pair of reclaimed[?] limestone ashlar piers on moulded cushion courses on plinths having "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" cornices below capping supporting ball finials. Lane fronted at entrance to grounds of Castlebar Infantry Barracks.
Appraisal
A Classically-detailed gateway not only making a pleasing visual statement in the streetscape at the entrance on to the War Department Right of Way, but also potentially surviving as a relic of the eighteenth-century barracks rebuilt (1753-60) by Thomas Cowan and Peter Hammond (IAA).