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Detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge, built 1862, on a T-shaped plan centred on (single-storey) prostyle tetrastyle pedimented Roman Doric portico; two-bay single-storey side elevations. Now in ruins. Roof now missing with granite ashlar central chimney stack on axis with ridge having lichen-covered cut-granite capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots. Part creeper- or ivy-covered lichen-spotted granite ashlar walls on overgrown plinth with cut-granite panelled pilasters to corners supporting remains of "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" cornice on blind frieze on monolithic entablature. Pair of round-headed niches centred on square-headed door opening behind (single-storey) prostyle tetrastyle pedimented Roman Doric portico with cut-granite columns on overgrown plinths having panelled responsive pilasters supporting "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" pediment on blind frieze on monolithic entablature, and cut-granite monolithic surround with no fittings surviving. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" sills, and cut-granite surrounds with panelled pilasters supporting "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" pediments on "Acanthus"-detailed fluted consoles. Interior in ruins. Set back from road at entrance to grounds of Castleboro House.
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