Survey Data
Reg No
31311902
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
Gates/railings/walls
In Use As
Gates/railings/walls
Date
1765 - 1838
Coordinates
127003, 265978
Date Recorded
15/01/2013
Date Updated
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Description
Gateway, extant 1838, on a symmetrical plan comprising pair of drag edged rusticated limestone ashlar octagonal piers on plinths having "Cavetto"-detailed beaded cornices on rosette-detailed panelled friezes on stringcourses below capping supporting spear head-detailed cast-iron double gates with drag edged rusticated limestone ashlar outer piers on plinths having "Cavetto"-detailed beaded cornices on panelled friezes on stringcourses below capping supporting arrow head-detailed cast-iron railings. Installed, 1962. Road fronted at entrance to grounds of Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception.
Appraisal
A gateway reclaimed from the Bloomfield House estate making a pleasing visual statement in a rural village street scene at the entrance on to the grounds of the architecturally-undistinguished Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception. NOTE: An identical gateway was similarly repurposed (1952) at the Catholic Church of Our Lady of Sorrows (1952) in Robeen (see 31311012).