Sligo Cemetery

Gate lodge in Sligo, Ireland, dating from 1840–1860

Detached single-storey limestone gate lodge, built c. 1850. Octagonal on plan, entrance portico breaking forward from north elevation, much-plainer two-storey pitched-roof building extending to rear (south). Roof missing, central corbelled ashlar chimney. Ashlar walling, plain plinth, string course at ground floor ceiling level, frieze with recessed circular and rectangular moulded panels, moulded cornice, plain blocking course stepping up over portico. Segmental-headed window openings, stone sills, blocked-up. Doric columned entrance portico, recessed splayed doors missing. Located at entrance to cemetery, separately recorded (32324001), on Dublin Road.

Type:

Gate lodge

Period:

1840–1860

Where:

Sligo, Ireland

Coordinates:

54.26°N, 8.47°W

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• Sligo Cemetery (0.1 km)
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