Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB12/01/024 B

Address :
Gate Lodge Spring Grove Rosslea Co. Fermanagh BT92 7DN

Townland:
Spring Grove

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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:
Yes

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
Yes

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OS Map No:
247/12

IG Ref:
H5391 3086

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

A ruinous gate lodge aligned W-E opposite the S entrance to Spring Grove Estate. The structure appears to have been of two bays and single storey. Roof is gone. Walls are random rubble stone and largely collapsed. No openings remain visible with the exception of a t+g sheeted door to rear wall of left bay.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

A building is shown here on the 1834 OS 6” map. A slightly bigger building is shown on the 1857 edition, but it is not until the 1907 edition that it is explicitly cited as a lodge. It was probably erected in the 1820s. Primary sources 1. OS 6" map, 1st edition (1834), Co Fermanagh, sheet 36. 2. OS 6" map, 2nd edition (1857), Co Fermanagh, sheet 36. 3 OS 6" map, 3d edition (1907), Co Fermanagh, sheet 36.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

The former gate lodge of Spring Grove estate, which is completely ruinous and retains no features of interest with the exception of an unusual corner chimney breast.

General Comments

Previously numbered as HB12/01/059.

Date of Survey

09 October 2000