Survey Data
Reg No
40304007
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social
Previous Name
Ballyconnell House
Original Use
Demesne walls/gates/railings
In Use As
Gates/railings/walls
Date
1760 - 1770
Coordinates
227644, 318219
Date Recorded
07/07/2012
Date Updated
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Description
Neo classical entrance screen, erected c.1765, now disused. Ashlar sandstone square-profile piers with fluting and medallion motifs to entablature, dentil cornice, urn finial with fluted body and wide brim, niches to road elevation. Gate piers flanked by recently rebuilt rubble stone quadrant walls with historic stone saddle copings, terminated by ashlar square-profile sandstone piers.
Appraisal
A handsome entrance screen formerly at the entrance to Ballyconnell Demesne, now moved to a new location beside a roundabout, and no longer performing its original function as an entrance. The elegant, well-proportioned piers with carved neo classical detail, niches, and urns are of exceptional quality. The quadrant walls are of recent construction reusing the original material. Though lessened in significance by the loss of its historic context, the gate screen retains its historic grandeur, and displays craftsmanship of the highest standards.