. English ironwork of the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries; an historical & analytical account of the development of exterior smithcraft. bars below the lock-rail. Over thepanels are pyramids of G scrolls -supporting solid flask-shapedfinials with twisted points, seated on a massive the central overthrow is a small semicircle bearing thewords Gods Gift, and curiously filled in by small laurel leavesand tendrils with the large oval above, bearing the arms, and acrest of Edward Alleyne the Founder of the College ; and oneither side are scrolls and leaves, stepped and bearing finial
. English ironwork of the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries; an historical & analytical account of the development of exterior smithcraft. bars below the lock-rail. Over thepanels are pyramids of G scrolls -supporting solid flask-shapedfinials with twisted points, seated on a massive the central overthrow is a small semicircle bearing thewords Gods Gift, and curiously filled in by small laurel leavesand tendrils with the large oval above, bearing the arms, and acrest of Edward Alleyne the Founder of the College ; and oneither side are scrolls and leaves, stepped and bearing finials ofwater-leaves and spikes ending in buttons and twisted details, comprising leaves and seed-spikes, are practicallyidentical with those used by Thomas Robinson,- with whompresumably Buncker may have worked. The general effect ofthe design is, however, wholly different. The gates closed theInner Court, but were removed to the Outer in 1847, when bothwere thrown into one by Sir Charles Barry. In the village not far distant is a simpler pair of gates similar 11 o English Ironwork of the XVIIth and XVIIIth Centuries. FIG. 35. SCREEN TO ORMELEY HOUSE,] as to details, but lighter (Plate xxxix). The scrolled panels donot pass below the simple lock-rail, and those of the narrow pilastersresemble them, though differing in design. The overthrowon a plain horizontal bar comprises two pyramids of scrolls withwater-leaves over the pilasters, and a large central pyramid, raisedover a horizontal panel, under a small semicircle enclosing twosmall and naturalesque branches of laurel. The scroUs and water-leaves once culminated in a flame-tuft finial, now replaced by a buttonand twist, like those over the pilasters. Pendant from the top-rail and erect over the lock-rail are balls on spikes with twistedpoints emerging from scrolls and leaves, and the dog-bars arearrow-headed with button and twisted points, like those frequentlyused by Robinson. Ormeley House, Lord Sudelys place on Ha
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