. English ironwork of the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries; an historical & analytical account of the development of exterior smithcraft. or four county histories, and engravings of English seatsby Kip. Though gates and screens necessarily appear in theseto a minute scale, their arrangement and characteristics are per-fectly clear. In the 1708 edition of Kip,Tijous work at Hamp-ton Court and Wimpole is well shown; and in the bow-frontedforecourt to Dawley in Middlesex, with railings and richly workedgate and overthrow, comprising arms and coronet, we probablyhave a record of another of Tijous works,
. English ironwork of the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries; an historical & analytical account of the development of exterior smithcraft. or four county histories, and engravings of English seatsby Kip. Though gates and screens necessarily appear in theseto a minute scale, their arrangement and characteristics are per-fectly clear. In the 1708 edition of Kip,Tijous work at Hamp-ton Court and Wimpole is well shown; and in the bow-frontedforecourt to Dawley in Middlesex, with railings and richly workedgate and overthrow, comprising arms and coronet, we probablyhave a record of another of Tijous works, all trace of which has dis-appeared. Other less elaborate examples are not so identified withTijous manner. Atkyns Gloucestershire, 1712, and a later Kipshow a bow-fronted court to Fairford with iron railings, and gateswith an overthrow comprising a fine coat of arms and crown-likepyramid. Rendcomb has gates with lofty overthrow, wickets, andiron piers designed as richly as Tijous at Hampton Court and possiblyby him, but more probably by the Roberts. Dyrham possessed a 18 English Ironwork of the XVIIth and XVIIIth Centuries. FIG. 39. SKETCH OF IRONWORK AT CHEVENING, FROM KIP. gate of uncommon design with an extremely bold spread eaglein the centre, perhaps by Edney. The overthrow to a pair of gatesat Cirencester Abbey bears a large shield and palm branches,and the Hatherop gates are on the same lines. Harris Kent,1719, represents a handsome forecourt at Chevening (Fig. 39), withrichly worked iron piers and. gates, having decorative panels andlock-rail, and pyramidal overthrow, with plain railings on adwarf wall on each side. The house was built by Inigo Jonesin 1630, and modernized in 1700, soon after which the screen mayhave been erected, perhaps by Robinson ; but no trace of it existsat present. The screen to Squerries, not far distant, had similargates, with six bays of loftier railing on either side separated byrich pilasters, no trace of which now exists. Waldershare poss
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