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Gateway, Castle Upton

  •   Antrim Road, Templepatrick

Square Gothic style arched gateway with battlements. To left and right are lodge houses with entrance doors inside archway. The lodges are long, narrow, and one storey, with shallow pitched slate roofs.

Stone Information

  • Stone Type Category :
  • Primary Stone:
  • Secondary Stone:
  • Stonework Construction:
    Regular-coursed tooled ashlar
  • Stonework Condition:
    Basalt stonework is in good condition but some rhyolite detailing shows evidence of deterioration with scaling, flaking and granular disintegration resulting in surface roughening and loss of architectural detail.
  • Condition Assessment (QUB):
    Stage 2 – Section specific remedial action is required but the extent of intervention should be limited because of the lack of distant involvement within façade boundaries.
  • OS Irish Grid (Easting):
    322897
  • OS Irish Grid (Northing):
    385609

Architect Information

  • Building Type:
  • Date of construction:
    1837
  • Architect:
    Edward Blore
  • Listing:
    B1
  • HB/SMR Ref:
    HB20/12/016
  • 2nd survey by EHS:
    No

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