. English ironwork of the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries; an historical & analytical account of the development of exterior smithcraft. scrolls are rivetedto them giving the same appearance. In place of spikes, a crest-ing of somewhat defensive scrolls and leaves is riveted to thetop bar at Hereford, but is absent at Llandaff, though the twogates are evidently by the same maker. These gates in front ofchurch doors were required after the Reformation, when doorswere kept locked between the services, to prevent access whenopened for necessary airing, especially where there were porches. By far the m
. English ironwork of the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries; an historical & analytical account of the development of exterior smithcraft. scrolls are rivetedto them giving the same appearance. In place of spikes, a crest-ing of somewhat defensive scrolls and leaves is riveted to thetop bar at Hereford, but is absent at Llandaff, though the twogates are evidently by the same maker. These gates in front ofchurch doors were required after the Reformation, when doorswere kept locked between the services, to prevent access whenopened for necessary airing, especially where there were porches. By far the most important gates of Elizabethan or early Stuartdate are those to Cowdray House (Figs. 8 and 9), which, unless madeup in part from older iron standards and bars from Battle Abbey,certainly form the earliest known screen entirely of iron com- Fore-Court and Garden Gates 23 prising double and single gates and fixed panels between stonepiers. Like those of Groombridge they may owe their existenceto the proximity of Wealden forges. The main gates, 10 feet wideand 8 feet high, were hung from rich standards 2 inches in ..«^««^^^*****^^ FIG. 8. IRON GATES TO COWDRAY HOUSE, SUSSEX, WITH FIXED SIDE PANELSAND A WICKET, IN THEIR PRESENT CONDITION. with Gothic caps and bases and mouldings on the front and backs;fifteen or twenty years ago they opened over quadrants. On eitherside are fixed panels, each about 4 feet 6 inches wide, identicalwith the gates, and beyond these on one side a wicket gate4 feet wide to match, the whole width thus extending to 23feet. The vertical bars of which these are composed are -J inchin section, riveted diagonally between the top and bottomhorizontals, and spaced 4|- inches from centre to centre. The tophorizontal and the single lock-rail are 2 inches wide and aboutf thick, finished with cable edgings. Above and below the latter,and below the top rail are fringes of C scrolls between the verticals,?J wide and f thick, thinned off and finished
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