Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Gate Piers and Wall
Spring Grove, Fermanagh and Omagh, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Gates/ Screens/ Lodges
- Date of construction
- 1840 - 1859
- Address
- Gate Piers and Wall, Spring Grove, Rosslea, Co. Fermanagh, BT92 7DN
- Townland
- Spring Grove
- Council
- Fermanagh and Omagh
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.22469, -7.17972
- Date of survey
- 11 October 2000
- HB reference
- HB12/01/024 C
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1838 "Ireland, north sheet." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
A long roughly dressed sandstone wall with dressed saddle/pitched copings and gate piers leading to Spring Grove house and farmyard (HB12/01/024A) to the NE.
The wall curves with the road and runs in a W-E direction terminated by a perpendicular gate screen. It is broken by a square-in-section pillar with pyramidal cap (roughly at the three-quarter stage along its length). A similar pillar terminates the gate screen to the S.
The gate piers (also in sandstone) are octagonal with recessed elongated panels with curved heads. They are surmounted by a decorative domed cap, resting on a slightly advanced base with squared-panels.
The gate is missing.
Historical information
The drive leading into the estate from the road is first shown on the 1857 OS map. The gates and screen were probably erected in the 1840s or ‘50s.
Primary sources:
1. OS map, 1st edition 1834, Co Fermanagh 36.
2. OS map, 2nd edition 1857, Co Fermanagh 36.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
A finely built dressed sandstone wall with octagonal gate piers leading to Spring Grove (HB12/01/024A), forming an attractive roadside feature.
General comments
This record was previously HB12/01/060.
Nearby in the register
- Gate LodgeGates/ Screens/ Lodgesunder 1 mi
- Outbuildings at Spring GroveOutbuildingsunder 1 mi
- Houseunder 1 mi
- Inver Orange HallHallunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.