. English ironwork of the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries; an historical & analytical account of the development of exterior smithcraft. nted with scrolls below, and both the lock-rail and thebase of the overthrow are of horizontal bars with scroll the latter is Tijous well-known gadroon pattern with a smallmask for centre, on which is seated a low pyramid of scrolls withacanthus and eagles heads and sprays of latirel, which are quiteunlike Tijous. The piers are four-sided, the fronts and backs withrich lyre filling, and their pyramid tops wide and convex. The Durdans has seen many change
. English ironwork of the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries; an historical & analytical account of the development of exterior smithcraft. nted with scrolls below, and both the lock-rail and thebase of the overthrow are of horizontal bars with scroll the latter is Tijous well-known gadroon pattern with a smallmask for centre, on which is seated a low pyramid of scrolls withacanthus and eagles heads and sprays of latirel, which are quiteunlike Tijous. The piers are four-sided, the fronts and backs withrich lyre filling, and their pyramid tops wide and convex. The Durdans has seen many changes since originally builtby Lord Berkeley with materials from Nonsuch in 1669. It wasfor, some time. rented by Frederick, Prince of Wales, and laternamed the Elms. The existing crest on the gates is that of theHeathcotes. They were formerly between brick piers, but recentlythe >railings were added by, Lord Rosebery to form a garden screen. The gates to Quenby Hall, evidently by the same hand as thoseat Scraptoft, are even more remarkable. Mr. Stead Mills, whomeasured and drew them, has kindly ascertained that they origin- X. <:Q Z o z ?«!U O oi •11. g Q I O s == ^ o £? a. BM 8 <Zuf z<o OS 3Q William Edney 79 a.]ly formed the front entrance to the Hall, and were presented bythe owners to the Leicester Infirmary, where they were for manyyears. Becoming dilapidated they were presented to the Lei-cester Museum, where they still are exposed to the weather. Thepiers are square on plan, the panels repeated on all four sides, ofrich design, and have been shortened at the base, as observed byMr. MiUs. Scrolls at each angle overhang, representing the volutesof an Ionic cap and over these is a high four-sided pyramid ofscrolls and acanthus with masks. Inside there are pilasters ofscrolled and geometric design, and the pair of gates have acruciform design in the upper part, two horizontal borders of aplain bar, with square panels at each end of four equal scrolls pro-
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