Abbey gate lodge & gates, Rosemount House, Greyabbey, Newtownards, Co. Down, BT22 2QA

Small single storey rubble-built Georgian Gothick 'ink pot' gate lodge of c.1815-20 with matching pinnacled gate screen, situated at the north or 'Abbey' entrance to the Rosemount estate, Greyabbey. The lodge is constructed in coursed basalt rubble and the roof is mainly hipped. The main hipped roof section is covered in Bangor blue slates with a central rubble built chimney and another (much later) red brick chimney to the rear. The N facade is dominated by a canted bay with three pointed arch windows with Y-tracery frames and stone dressings. The front entrance is to the left of this bay and consists of a plain sheeted timber door, also with stone dressings. The door is set in a lean to extension with a corrugated iron roof. The W facade is rendered and has a single sash window, with Georgian panes, to the right. The S facade is blank and rendered but has a small lean to projection (probably the toilet) to the right which has a tiny two pane window to its W face. The E facade is blank and merges with a high yard wall to the left. The gate screen adjoins the NW corner of the lodge and consists of a rubble wall with four large square pillars each with tall pyramidal pinnacles. Between the two inner pillars are decorative cast iron gates with Gothick detailing. Between each of the inner and outer pillars are castellated walls each containing a pointed arch pedestrian entrance with gates to match those in the centre.