Wexford County Gaol

Gates/railings/walls in Wexford, Ireland, dating from 1840–1850

County Gaol complex including: Detached five-bay two-storey gatehouse, built 1843-6, on a symmetrical plan with single-bay two-storey advanced end bays centred on single-bay two-storey breakfront; three-bay three-storey rear (south) elevation with single-bay two-storey end bays. Part repointed snecked "Old Red Sandstone" battered walls on part repointed snecked "Old Red Sandstone" plinth with cut-"Old Red Sandstone" flush quoins to corners supporting granite ashlar corbelled battlemented parapets having cut-granite coping. Segmental-headed central opening in round-headed recess, benchmark-inscribed cut-granite block-and-start surround having chamfered rebated reveals with hood moulding on engaged octagonal label stops framing wrought iron double gates. Round-headed niche in square-headed recess (first floor) with cut-granite block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals. Paired lancet "arrow loops" (ground floor) with lancet "arrow loops" (first floor), cut-granite block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals; (south): Pitched slate roof centred on hipped slate roof; hipped slate roofs (end bays), clay ridge tiles, cut-granite coping to gables with granite ashlar chimney stacks to apexes on cut-granite cushion courses on slate hung bases having cut-granite stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-granite eaves retain

Type:
Gates/railings/walls

Period:
1840–1850

Where:
Wexford, Ireland

Coordinates:
52.34°N, 6.47°W

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