Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB01/25/026

Address :
Gate Lodge and Gates 1 Troy Park Culmore Road Londonderry BT48 7RL

Townland:
Londonderry

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Gates/ Screens/ Lodges

Former Use
Gates/ Screens/ Lodges

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
26/16 SW

IG Ref:
C4400 1887

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

Single storey gate lodge in whinstone with red brick trims. Natural slate roof, pyramidal with centrally placed two pot chimney. Front façade facing north has two windows (modern timber with top opening light) which flank a panelled entrance door. Single window to rear of east façade overlooking road. Small kitchen return on south façade. No window to north. Entrance piers (devoid of gates) in modelled red brick to N. Brick matching Troy Hall (HB01/25/009). Sandstone coping to piers. String course of terracotta detailing near head.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

Built circa 1897 at construction of Troy Hall. Bricks according to Dean were left over from the construction of Troy Hall and used in this building. Secondary Sources J A K Dean ‘The Gate Lodges of Ulster – a Gazetteer’ UAHS 1994 p.121.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

A simple and elegant gate lodge well maintained but lacking its original windows.

General Comments

Date of Survey

22 November 1999