Kiltinan Castle

Detached three-bay two-storey gateway, built 1842, with gable-fronted end bays and slightly recessed entrance bay. Crenellations with cut-stone copings to parapet. Coursed rubble sandstone walls with croix pommées to ground floor. Square-headed window openings, now blocked up, with limestone sills and label mouldings. Carved limestone date plaque over window above entrance arch. Tudor-arch archway with cut-stone voussoirs and double-leaf cast-iron gates. Sweeping rubble sandstone walls flanking gatehouse and terminated by roughly dressed sandstone piers having rough crenellations. Post box with crown and royal insignia of Queen Victoria to west sweep wall.

The southern entrance to Kiltinan Castle, prominently situated at a junction, presents a commanding and imposing façade to the roadway. Once the seat of the Butlers, Kiltinan Castle was substantially remodelled by the Cooke family during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The architecture of the gateway is modelled on that of the castle hence the crenellations and medieval motifs such as the croix pommées. The gateway is notable for its large size and decorative detailing such as the label mouldings.