Lodge

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Detached single-storey three-bay Italianate gate lodge, erected c.1855 to designs of Sir Charles Lanyon, located to the west side of Duneane Road at the eastern entrance to Moneyglass estate. The building is rectangular in plan.

The roof is hipped with deep overhanging eaves. There is a rendered chimney to centre with cavetto moulded coping. The walls are rendered over random rubble, with rusticated quoins. The windows are round-arched-headed to north elevation with moulded sandstone architraves and rusticated keystone, and masonry sills. To other elevations, windows are square headed with painted sandstone architraves, and timber framed tripartite windows, divided vertically.

The principal elevation faces north and has a central round-headed entrance opening with rusticated keystone (the door is missing), flanked to each side by a single window. Both windows have only part of the timber frame remaining, and no glass.

The east elevation has a central square headed window.

The south elevation is blank.

The west elevation is as east elevation. Partial moving sash frame remains.

Setting

The building is located to the east end of Moneyglass estate, bounded to Duneane road by random rubble stone walling. A pair of rusticated sandstone gate pillars with square overhanging coping are connected by ashlar walling to an inner pair of smaller similar gate pillars containing modern steel security gates.

Roof covering Natural slate
Walling Render
Windows Timber framed
Rainwater goods Ogee profiled cast iron

Historical information

The Gatelodge lies within the eighteenth century Moneyglass demesne, a rural estate owned by the Jones family. Possibly designed by Sir Charles Lanyon c.1855, it lies at the rear entrance to Moneyglass House (HB20/01/021). The building appears on the 1857 OS map of the area, replacing an earlier lodge marked on the 1833 OS map.

According to Dean, Kenrick Morres Hamilton-Jones employed Charles Lanyon to design two new gatelodges, the main lodge (HB20/01/021D) was designed by him and this one is likely to have been.

References:

Primary sources

1. PRONI OS/6/1/94/1, OS Map, 1st edition, Co Antrim, sheet no. 42 (1833)
2. PRONI OS/6/1/94/2, OS Map, 2nd edition, Co Antrim, sheet no. 42 (1857).
3. PRONI VAL/1A/1/42, Townland Valuation Map, Co. Antrim, no. 42, 1836 VAL1 1836
4. OS Memoirs of Ireland, Parishes of Co Antrim VI 1830, 1833, 1835-38 (South west Antrim) Vol 19

Secondary sources

Brett, C. E. B. “Buildings of County Antrim.” Belfast: Ulster Architectural Heritage Society, 1996
Dean, J. A. K. The Gatelodges of Ulster: A Gazetteer, 1994
Girvan, W. D. & Rowan, R. J. “Ulster Architectural Heritage Society Second List of Historic Buildings, Groups of Buildings, Areas of Architectural Importance in West Antrim, Within the Designated Area of the Antrim and Ballymena Development Commission.” Belfast: Ulster Architectural Heritage Society, 1970.
Young, Robert Magill. “Belfast and the Province of Ulster in the Twentieth Century.” Pike's New Century Series, ed. W. T. Pike. Brighton : W. T. Pike, 1909.

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

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

Criteria for listing: historic interest

X. Local Interest
V. Authorship

Evaluation

Detached single-storey three-bay Italianate gate lodge, erected c.1855 to designs of Sir Charles Lanyon. Although this lodge is in poor repair, the building conveys an impression of the character of the estate and the original house, of which only the portico now remains. The lodge marks the east entrance to Moneyglass estate. Most likely designed by Sir Charles Lanyon, the lodge has stylistic features which are typical to his work at this time. The lodge forms an important feature of the suite of buildings in this large rural estate.

General comments

This record has been renumbered and was previously HB20/01/002