Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB15/02/002

Address :
Gate lodges at Manor House 33 and 35 Main Street Loughgall Armagh Co Armagh BT61 8HZ

Townland:
Levalleglish

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Survey 2:
B+

Date of Listing:
13/09/1976 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:
Yes

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
199/7

IG Ref:
H9079 5209

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Owner Category

Central Govt

Exterior Description And Setting

A pair of similar, but not identical, gate lodges in a neo-Jacobean style, of single storey with basements. Main elevations face north-west toward public road, but main entrances face sideways toward common driveway between lodges. Lodge to east is no. 35 Main Street; lodge to west is no. 33 Main Street. EAST LODGE (No. 35 MAIN STREET) – Main entrance front faces south-west. South-west elevation: single storey, 2-bay, comprising a recessed entrance bay to the left of a projecting gabled bay. Roof of fish-scale shaped slates. Walls of roughly polygonal and lozenge-shaped limestone rubble, with cut-stone dressings, and quoins to extremities; projecting moulded cut-stone plinth, of two stages; moulded sandstone cornice, and gable copings, pinnacles, and finials. Recessed entrance bay contains main entrance within an open porch. Main entrance comprises an original arched and panelled timber door, set in a moulded Tudor arched surround. Porch, open to front and one side, is flat roofed, with a corner pier of tapering square section. Pier has diamond panelled base, strapwork to shaft, Ionic capital; from it spring open elliptical arches to front and side with rusticated and diamond facetted voussoirs, to responding pilasters of similar design to corner pier. Shaped stone brackets carry a moulded entablature around front and side of porch. Porch approached at front and side by two stone steps. Cast iron downpipe within open porch. Projecting gable, of shaped form, with five pinnacles: finial to topmost pinnacle missing but remainder have ogee pyramidal finials; central oriel window of canted form, with lead-dressed roof reduced in stages to a point, and corbelled out to the cill in timber. Four-light timber window, of casement form, with small elongated hexagonal panes with metal glazing bars. Above, in the apex of the gable, is a raised coat-of-arms of the Cope family, in what looks like Coade stone, or sandstone, inscribed with the motto 'Equo Adeste Animo', but missing parts. North-west elevation, facing main street: single storey, 2-bay, comprising a projecting shaped gable to the left of the recessed open entrance porch. Walling as previous to main entrance front. Projecting gable is similar to that on main entrance front except the oriel window is 2-light of rectangular form and is supported on three shaped timber brackets. North-east elevation: single storey with a basement due to sloping site. Main elevation comprises a gable to the left of a chimney stack, with a deep lean-to block projecting forward. Main block has roof slated as previous; walls of rubble limestone with sandstone quoins to extremities; sandstone gable copings; ashlar sandstone chimney stack with moulded haunching, and tall re-used octagonal stoneware pot, a replacement for ornamented original which is now missing. Moulded cast iron gutter with cast iron downpipe. Lower projecting block has front wall of snecked rubble limestone, but side walls of polygonal rubble, with roughly squared quoins; lean-to modern glazed roof between modern concrete copings. Front wall contains a small modern rectangular plate glass window, and a modern rectangular timber sheeted door set in brick jambs; side wall to right contains a Tudor arched opening filled with modern plate glass; side wall to left has smooth cement rendered base. South-east elevation: roof slated as previous; walling as previous to main block, with two-tier plinth; projecting central chimney breast, of polygonal limestone rubble with cut-stone dressings and weatherings rising to a cut-stone stack with moulded haunching and an octagonal stoneware pot. Part basement area of smooth cement render, containing a small modern rectangular plate glass window. SETTING: The lodge stands on the north side of the driveway, with a small garden plot in front of the entrance front gable; driveway of tarmac; gravel path along north-west side of lodge; grassed area to other sides. Facing the lodge across the driveway is the west lodge. Bounding the site to the north-west is the gate screen (HB15/02/003). WEST LODGE (No. 33 MAIN STREET) – Main entrance faces north-east. North-east elevation: single storey, 2-bay, comprising a recessed entrance bay to the right of a projecting gabled bay. Roof of fish-scale shaped slates. Walls of roughly polygonal-shaped rubble, with cut-stone dressings, and quoins to the extremities; projecting moulded cut-stone plinth of two stages; moulded sandstone cornice, and gable copings, pinnacles and finials. Recessed entrance bay contains main entrance within an open porch. Main entrance comprises an original arched and panelled timber door set in a moulded Tudor arched surround. Porch, open to front and one side, is flat roofed, with a corner pier of tapering square section. Pier has diamond panelled base, strapwork to shaft, Ionic capital; from it spring open elliptical arches to front and side with rusticated and diamond facetted voussoirs, to responding pilasters of similar design to corner pier. Shaped stone brackets carry a moulded entablature around front and side of porch. Porch approached at front and side by two stone steps. Cast iron downpipe within open porch. Projecting gable, of shaped form, with five pinnacles: finial to topmost pinnacle missing but rest have ogee pyramidal finials; central oriel window of canted form, with lead-dressed roof reduced in stages to a point, and corbelled out to the cill. Four-light timber window of casement form, with small elongated hexagonal panes with metal glazing bars. Above, in the apex of the gable, is a raised coat-of-arms of the Cope family, in what looks like Coade stone, or sandstone, inscribed with the motto 'Equo Adeste Animo', but missing parts. South-east elevation: roof slated as previous; walling as previous, with rubble stone base to two-tier plinth; projecting central chimney breast, of polygonal rubble with cut-stone dressings and weatherings, with moulded stone haunching and an octagonal stoneware pot. South-west elevation: single storey with a basement due to sloping site. Elevation comprises a rubble stone wall to the left, with a slightly projecting gable to the right. Walls are of rubble stonework, with quoins to the extremities; smooth cement render to basement area of gable stepping up to part of the ground floor area. Gable contains a small modern rectangular plate glass window and a modern rectangular timber boarded door, both set in plain reveals. Recessed walls to left have moulded cast iron gutters and cast iron downpipe; ashlar sandstone chimney stack with octagonal stoneware pot. Projecting forward at the base of the wall are stone steps from basement ground level to street level. North-west elevation, facing main street: single-storey, 2-bay, comprising a projecting shaped gable to the right of the recessed open entrance porch. Walling as previous to main entrance front. Projecting gable is similar to that on main entrance front except the oriel window is 2-light of rectangular form and is supported on three shaped timber brackets. SETTING: The lodge stands on the south side of the driveway, with a small garden plot in front of the entrance front gable; driveway of tarmac; gravelled area to main street front; grassed area to other sides. Facing the lodge across the driveway is the east lodge. Bounding the site to the north-west is the gatescreen (HB15/02/003).

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

Precise date of lodges not recorded but they may be presumed to date from the same time as the gatescreen which was erected in 1842 for Arthur Cope; appears for first time on OS map of 1860. No architect's name recorded. Bought along with the rest of the Manor House estate in 1947 by the Ministry of Agriculture. The buildings stand in the area of a monument, no. Armagh 8:9. References – Primary Sources 1. Original inscription on gates. 2. OS Map 1860, Co Armagh 8. 3. Original photographs in Lawrence Collection, National Library of Ireland (3623c and 3624c). Secondary Sources 1. DOENI, Loughgall: A Conservation Village (Belfast, 1993), p 3. 2. J.A.K. Dean, The Gate Lodges of Ulster: A Gazetteer (Belfast, 1994), pp 39-40. 3. P. Reilly, Loughgall: a Plantation parish (Armagh, 1995), p 31. 4. C.E.B. Brett, Buildings of County Armagh (Belfast, 1999), p 206.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

A. Style B. Proportion C. Ornamentation H-. Alterations detracting from building J. Setting K. Group value

Historic Interest

V. Authorship Z. Rarity W. Northern Ireland/International Interest

Evaluation

This is a pair of early Victorian gate lodges in ornate neo-Jacobean style, which retain most of their exterior features and together with their associated gatescreen form an impressive entrance group leading to an important country house demesne.

General Comments

No. 33 is at IG Ref H9078 5207; no. 35 is at IG Ref H9079 5209.

Date of Survey

31 December 2004