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Gateway, extant 1811, on a symmetrical plan including: Pair of detached three-bay two-storey gate lodges on octagonal plans; single-bay single-storey recessed porches. Hipped slate roofs on octagonal plans; hipped slate roofs (porches), pressed or rolled lead ridges centred on red brick Running bond chimney stacks having chevron- or saw tooth-detailed stringcourses below chamfered capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta octagonal pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered walls on moulded cushion courses on rendered plinth with rendered monolithic pilasters to corners. Square-headed window openings in bipartite arrangement (ground floor) with cut-granite sills, timber mullions, and concealed dressings with hood mouldings on ogee label stops framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing timber casement windows. Square-headed door openings (porches) with concealed dressings framing timber panelled doors. Road fronted at entrance to grounds of Johnstown Castle centred on rendered panelled piers having stringcourses below truncated pyramidal capping supporting spear head-detailed wrought iron double gates.
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