. English ironwork of the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries; an historical & analytical account of the development of exterior smithcraft. Si « .3 en g o *- .^ ^ o § -<1 « «- 3 z !l! M ao. 3O X s?< X in Id U Htn The Garden 27 equal panels, the two central of these opening, the others consist of ^-inch vertical bars set diagonally which, unlikethose previously described, pass through holes in the holes are drifted, that is driven through the bars by puncheswhile hot, the iron being merely displaced instead of cut out cleanand removed as in later processes, the resultin
. English ironwork of the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries; an historical & analytical account of the development of exterior smithcraft. Si « .3 en g o *- .^ ^ o § -<1 « «- 3 z !l! M ao. 3O X s?< X in Id U Htn The Garden 27 equal panels, the two central of these opening, the others consist of ^-inch vertical bars set diagonally which, unlikethose previously described, pass through holes in the holes are drifted, that is driven through the bars by puncheswhile hot, the iron being merely displaced instead of cut out cleanand removed as in later processes, the resulting difference being aswelling of the bar at every hole. Both ends of the bars areflattened and bent over, and riveted to the plate iron of theframing. The heavy back standards finish above in small onionshaped finials. The overthrow is a single horizontal bar fur-nished with a row of long and plain spikes. Simple, lofty, anddignified, these gates appear the more impressive between theirgreat stone piers capped with globose vases. These are perhapsnot very much later than the house, built by Sir Thomas Vavasourin 1610. There are south gates (Plate 11) of the same dimensions,con
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