Survey Data
Reg No
41400930
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Previous Name
Lisdoogan
Original Use
Gates/railings/walls
In Use As
Gates/railings/walls
Date
1860 - 1880
Coordinates
264237, 334900
Date Recorded
16/04/2012
Date Updated
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Description
Gateway forming entrance to Lisdoogan House, erected c.1870. Pair of square-plan rendered piers with recessed panels, string courses, plinth bases and painted tooled stone pointed caps, flanking double-leaf cast-iron vehicular gate, one leaf of latter missing. Matching cast-iron railings on curvilinear rendered wall with painted tooled stone capping, terminating in pair of matching piers. Wall-mounted letter-box to outer pier to east. Pier to west having painted aperture for post to front and opening to rear. Piers to east recently rebuilt.
Appraisal
This modest gateway expresses a subtle sense of grandeur. The decorative cast-iron railings have a pleasing curve enhancing the classical design augmented by the formality of the tooled stone capping to piers and plinth wall. The public post box adds contextual interest, while the integral letter-slot to a hollow pier to the west, intended to hold post for the house, is a more unusual feature. That this entrance was erected at a later date to the house suggests that improvements were being made to the demesne landscape at this time.