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Gate Lodge and Gates

Londonderry, Derry City and Strabane, Northern Ireland

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Designation
Record only (not listed)
Grade
Record Only
Type
Gates/ Screens/ Lodges
Date of construction
1880 - 1899
Address
Gate Lodge and Gates, 1 Troy Park, Culmore Road, Londonderry, BT48 7RL
Townland
Londonderry
Council
Derry City and Strabane
Country
Northern Ireland
Coordinates
55.01534, -7.31304
Date of survey
22 November 1999
HB reference
HB01/25/026

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1881 "Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Department's description

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.

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

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

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

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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