Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB16/29/007 C

Address :
Gates & Pillars at Ivybrook Lodge, 20 Drumalane Road, Newry, Co Down BT35 8AP

Townland:
Drumalane

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Survey 2:
B2

Date of Listing:
26/03/2004 00:00:00

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:
266/11 NW

IG Ref:
J0834 2550

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Owner Category

Health Board

Exterior Description And Setting

Pair of carriage gates at main entrance to Ivybrook Lodge (HB16/29/007A). Of wrought iron with vertical barb, divided into upper and lower sections, with cast details and spearhead finials to each bar. Solid granite piers rest on projecting plinth. Moulded panels to street and overhanging moulded copings. Flanking the piers is a screen of random rubble granite faced with squared granite blocks set in irregular courses, and with overhanging chamfered copings. The screen terminates in small square granite block piers with pyramidal caps.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

Probably erected when the house was extended and the grounds landscaped in the mid 19th century. Primary Sources: 1. PRONI – OS8/20/1/24 (1:500 map of 1861).

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

A. Style B. Proportion C. Ornamentation D. Plan Form K. Group value

Historic Interest

X. Local Interest

Evaluation

The gates, piers and screen provide an attractive entrance to the grounds of Ivybrook Lodge and contribute to its setting.

General Comments

Date of Survey

18 September 1997