Survey Data
Reg No
40000447
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
Gate lodge
In Use As
Gate lodge
Date
1870 - 1890
Coordinates
242306, 306342
Date Recorded
03/08/2012
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay two-storey red-brick gate lodge, built c.1880, with advanced gable-fronted end bay, slated lean-to timber canopy over door in centre bay, single-bay gable front facing road. Recent extension to rear. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, decorative oversailing bargeboards in truss form to each gable, red brick chimneystack with brick cornice, cast-iron rainwater goods. Red brick walls in Flemish bond with chamfered red-brick plinth. Moulded segmental-headed openings with chamfer-stop reveals, cut stone sills and historic four-over-four sash windows with ogee horns. Moulded brick string courses at impost level and first floor sill level. Replacement panelled timber door with plain glazed overlight. Located beside the main entrance of St. Patrick College inside ornate cast-iron railings forming gate screen. Railings on low plinth wall with square-profile cast-iron piers and responding end piers of cut stone. Gate piers surmounted by diagonally placed wrought-iron lamp standards and supporting round-arched wrought-iron overthrow with "ST PATRICKS COLLEGE" in metal letters over double-leaf cast-iron gates of same design as railings, now adapted to slide behind piers.
Appraisal
A picturesque gate lodge of vibrant sharply detailed red-brick, which stands in marked contrast to the muted colour palette of the main building of Saint Patrick's Catholic College. The present lodge replaced the earlier demesne gate lodge to Cullies House when Saint Patrick's Catholic College was established in the demense. The lodge has been well maintained and retains its late nineteenth century appearance with most original fabric surviving intact. Decorative detail restricted to bargeboards and moulded brick elements forms a visual contrast to the highly embellished cast-iron gate screen. Along with the gates, the lodge makes a strong architectural statement and contributes to the architectural landscape of the outskirts of Cavan town, marking the presence of Saint Patrick's College, and forming a noteworthy group of historic buildings with the former workhouse on the opposite side.