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Castle Bellingham — Castlebellingham

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Castle Bellingham — Castlebellingham
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Freestanding castellated entrance gate screen, built c. 1820. Identical east and west elevations, central single-bay two-storey castellated block with carriage arch, flanked by single-bay three-storey castellated towers and single-bay single-storey castellated screen walls to north and south. Roofs hidden by castellated parapets. Cast-iron downpipe to west elevation. Squared and coursed rubble stone walling, projecting smooth rendered quoins, central bay with smooth rendered frieze, cornice and crenellated parapet; towers with frieze surmounted by corbelled crenellated parapets. Square-headed loop windows, smooth rendered block-and-start surrounds, chamfered stone sills, limestone hood mouldings with foliate stops, openings now blocked, balistraria window openings to second floor of north and south towers. Central elliptical-headed carriage arch opening, smooth rendered block-and-start surround, carved limestone hood moulding with foliate stops, elaborate wrought-iron gates; square-headed door openings, smooth rendered block-and-start surrounds, carved limestone hood mouldings with foliate stops, painted timber chevron-sheeted doors with decorative wrought-iron strap hinges. Street fronted, at east end of driveway to Castle Bellingham.

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