Survey Data
Reg No
32321003
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical
Previous Name
Coolavin originally Clogher
Original Use
Gate lodge
In Use As
Building misc
Date
1830 - 1860
Coordinates
166513, 298672
Date Recorded
24/08/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay single-storey stone gatelodge, built c. 1845. Pitched slate roof, clay ridge tiles, unpainted smooth-rendered central chimneystack, concrete verge cappings, rainwater goods missing. Uncoursed rubble limestone walling. Pointed-arch window openings, limestone sills, rubble stone dressings and voussoirs, painted three-over-six Y-tracery timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening to rear (west) elevation, timber lintel, rubble stone jambs, painted vertically-sheeted timber door. Grass fronting main east elevation facing gravel driveway and gatescreen. Gatescreen fronting north onto main road, central carriage opening flanked by pedestrian openings, quadrant screen walls to road, unpainted smooth-rendered walling, saddleback ashlar stone copings, square stop-chamfered polished ashlar gate pillars with moulded pyramidal caps, wrought-iron gates with cast-iron fleur-de-lys embellishments.
Appraisal
This little, Gothic-style, gatelodge and associated gatescreen at the entrance to Coolavin estate is in marked stylistic contrast to the main house. Simple proportions, pointed-arch windows and slated roof combine harmoniously. The gatescreen, while quite simple and understated in design, exhibit fine craftsmanship.