. English ironwork of the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries; an historical & analytical account of the development of exterior smithcraft. ater leaves. Thereis a space of 2 ft. 6 in. between the overthrow and top of the to Defoe, Audley End was formerly entered through alarge and wide pair of iron gates to a spacious courtyard. Hertfordshire.—A fair amount of good ironwork remains inthe county. The original gates to the old Bluecoat School, withpyramid crestings, fringes and scrolled lock-rail are at old gates at Hatfield House are plain with single lock-rail andfringe of
. English ironwork of the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries; an historical & analytical account of the development of exterior smithcraft. ater leaves. Thereis a space of 2 ft. 6 in. between the overthrow and top of the to Defoe, Audley End was formerly entered through alarge and wide pair of iron gates to a spacious courtyard. Hertfordshire.—A fair amount of good ironwork remains inthe county. The original gates to the old Bluecoat School, withpyramid crestings, fringes and scrolled lock-rail are at old gates at Hatfield House are plain with single lock-rail andfringe of fleurs-de-lis and arrow-pointed dog-bars, opening undera graceful triple arch, with a light overthrow composed of a pyra- \ Country Gates 201 mid centre and two buttress scrolls. The six saltire arrows witha viscounts coronet, form the principal feature in a rectangularframe. The pilasters though less elaborate than those at Reigatehave finer pyramid tops, and the work appears to be by the samesmith. Gates to the private garden are somewhat older and ofgreat interest. A pair of low gates at the Lordships, Much Hadham (Plate. :WDIGATE HOUSE, NOTTINGHAM. F. E. COLLINGTON, del. Lxv) shut the stable off from the drive. They are well de-signed with panels next the piers, and scrolled pyramids over thecentres of the gates, comprising draperies and crests. A secondpair without lock rail and with plain spikes as dog-bars and threeflask-shaped vases over the pilasters, is in front of the house (PlateLxvi). High Street, Hoddesdon, presents a plain wicket with broadlyre pattern pilasters and pyramid overthrow. There are gatesat Harpenden with scrolled panel and border between fixed panels,the whole set with leaf spikes as cresting; at Stansted Abbotts nearWare, with shield of arms, motto and crest; and at St. Peters, 202 English Ironwork of the XVIIth and X Vlllth Centuries St. Albans, with central panel repeated in the pilasters and scrolledpyramids abovesurmounted by fleur-de-lis (Pla
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