Survey Data
Reg No
40810016
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
Gate lodge
In Use As
House
Date
1860 - 1890
Coordinates
265661, 440574
Date Recorded
18/09/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay single-storey former gate lodge with attic level serving Manor House (see 4081008), built c. 1870, having central gable-fronted porch to the front elevation. Single-storey flat-roofed extension to the rear (east). Pitched natural slate roof with grey clayware ridge tiles, projecting eaves with timber brackets, smooth rendered chimneystacks to either end (north and south) with terracotta pots over, and with cast-iron rainwater goods. Pitched natural slate roof to porch. Roughcast rendered walls over smooth rendered plinth. Square-headed window openings, smooth rendered reveals, painted stone sills, and with two-over-two horned timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening to the south elevation of porch having plinth blocks, smooth rendered reveals, and timber panelled door. Set slightly back from road in own grounds to the north-east of Manor House and to the east of Greencastle. Bounded to north, south and west by lime rendered random rubble stone walls. Pedestrian gateway to site comprising a pair of smooth rendered gate piers (on square-plan) having pyramidal coping over, and with hooped wrought-iron gate.
Appraisal
This modest gate lodge, of mid-to-late nineteenth century date, retains its early character and form, and is an interesting addition to the roadscape to the east of Greencastle. It was probably originally built by the McClelland family of to serve Manor House (see 40810008) to the south-west. Interestingly it stands at the approach avenue of two houses, Manor House and Porta Villa House (see 40810015), another house associated with the McClelland family. Its visual expression and integrity is enhanced by the retention of salient fabric such as the timber sliding sash windows and the natural slate roof. The plain form of this gate lodge is characteristic of many gate lodges dating to the second half of the nineteenth century. It forms a pair of related structures along with Manor House, and is an integral element of the built heritage of the local area in its own rights. The simple but appealing boundary walls and the pedestrian gateway to site add considerably to the setting and context, and complete this composition.