demesne walls/gates/railings

Gateway, c.1870, comprising pair of cut-stone circular piers with cut-stone capping having wrought iron double gates and rubble stone flanking boundary wall with rubble stone vertical and diagonal coping.

This gateway and boundary wall, possibly originally built as a secondary gateway to Lodge Park in the late nineteenth century, is an attractive feature on the streetscape on the approach road into Straffan from the east. The piers are vernacular in their circular form, yet are constructed of fine cut-stone work – some stones have recently become dislodged and the piers are in need of attention. The simple gates are also a good example of early surviving wrought iron work. The flanking boundary wall is a fine example of the once prolific, but increasingly rare, traditional method of constructing boundary walls. Replacement or modern boundary walls are frequently built with less attention paid to stone masonry traditions.