
What is recorded here
Pair of pointed-arch entrance gates, built c.1840, with mock ruined stone tower having gun loops to the north-west. Three-bay single-storey stone gate lodge to site. Ashlar voussoirs and dressings to main entrance, rusticated arch to pedestrian entrance. Some paired timber sash windows to gate lodge.
The entrance gates and tower are designed and executed in a mock ruin style that was popular during the nineteenth century. The various treatment of the stone work, which was clearly executed by skilled craftsmen, adds textural variation to the site. The gate and gate lodge form part of a group of demesne structures with Dunsany Castle, stables, outbuildings, church and other gate lodges.
This does not grant access. Most recorded buildings are privately owned; view them only from public ground unless the owner allows entry.
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