Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB15/02/024 B

Address :
Gates at St Luke's Church Main Street Loughgall Armagh Co Armagh

Townland:
Levalleglish

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Survey 2:
B1

Date of Listing:
20/05/1981 00:00:00

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Gates/ Screens/ Lodges

Former Use
Gates/ Screens/ Lodges

Conservation Area:
Yes

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
199/7

IG Ref:
H9048 5195

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Owner Category

Church - C of I

Exterior Description And Setting

A pair of original wrought and cast iron gates with scrolling finials, set between square piers of ashlar limestone with shallow pyramidal limestone caps. Right-hand gate inscribed 'Armagh Foundry 1851'. Connecting the piers is an arched wrought iron overthrow with scrolling finials. SETTING: The structures stand in front of St Luke's Church facing the main road and forming part of the front boundary of the church.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

Erected in 1851, the gates being inscribed 'Armagh Foundry 1851'. References – Primary Sources 1. Original inscription on gate. Secondary Sources 1. C.E.B. Brett, Buildings of County Armagh (Belfast, 1999), p 35.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

A. Style B. Proportion C. Ornamentation J. Setting K. Group value

Historic Interest

Y. Social, Cultural or Economic Importance X. Local Interest

Evaluation

This is a pair of mid-19th century iron gates with associated ironwork overthrow which together form an attractive entrance to the churchyard.

General Comments

Date of Survey

31 December 2004