Castle View, gates in County Cork

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Cut limestone entrance gateway to Castle View, built c. 1790, comprising square-profile piers having paired pilasters, string courses and moulded caps with ornate fluted finials, flanking vehicular entrance and pedestrian entrances, having single and double-leaf cast-iron gates with fleur-de-lys-headed railings. Pedestrian entrances have square arches with cut limestone Single-bay single-storey gate lodge to south, now in disuse and roofless, having rubble limestone walls with render string course, square-headed window opening and elliptical-arched door opening to road with brick voussoirs.

These imposing and ornate gates formed the entrance to Castle View, now demolished. The solidly constructed piers form a strong focal point, enhanced by the carved limestone finials. The piers retain their unusual, decorative fleur-de-lys-headed gates, which add further artistic interest to the site. The gates serve as a reminder of the skill of late eighteenth-century local stone masons, sculptors and ironworkers. The gates, together with the gate lodge, provide important context to the locality and form an attractive roadside feature.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 20903709

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