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What is recorded here

Detached double-height gate house, built in 1848, at the northern edge of a star-shaped moat with retaining walls which encompass the nothern limits of Birr Castle. Gate house roof hidden behind castellated parapet. Snecked limestone walls with string course. Coursed cut stone retaining walls to moat. Tooled limestone crenellations and bartizan with machicolations and plaque bearing coat of arms which reads: 'Pro Deo et Rege' which translates: 'For God and King'. Round-headed window and blind openings. Stone oriel window to first floor with mullions and transoms. Balistraria and loop-like window to front elevation. Segmental-headed integral carriage arch and pedestrian portal with cast-iron gates. Vaulting to ceiling of integral carriage arch. Timber pedestrian bridge over moat to side.

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