. English ironwork of the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries; an historical & analytical account of the development of exterior smithcraft. with bearing iron numerals^ as anintegral part of the design. A beautiful gate between wide pilasters,to the College at Bromley in Kent, with an overthrow of three pyra:-midsand five finials, bearsa tablet recording the date of the will ofJohn Warner, Bishop of Rochester, who, in 1666, bequeathedfundsand directions for the foundation of the College. The buildingwas not commenced tiU 1670, but the date has for long beenaccepted as that of the ironwork, which is pro
. English ironwork of the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries; an historical & analytical account of the development of exterior smithcraft. with bearing iron numerals^ as anintegral part of the design. A beautiful gate between wide pilasters,to the College at Bromley in Kent, with an overthrow of three pyra:-midsand five finials, bearsa tablet recording the date of the will ofJohn Warner, Bishop of Rochester, who, in 1666, bequeathedfundsand directions for the foundation of the College. The buildingwas not commenced tiU 1670, but the date has for long beenaccepted as that of the ironwork, which is probably not earlierthan 1720. This gate is almost repeated in one that was untillately in Cheyne Walk, with an overthrow sketched and publishedby Ebbetts. The design is preserved in some modern gates therein which the old one may possibly ha\?g^been worked-up. LONDON GATES Before proceeding further to describe the existing Londongates, the makers of which are still unknown, it should be men-tioned that besides those to fore-courts and gardens, iron gateswere also -used in London, as in most of the cities of Europe, rialc THE OLD ENTRANCE GATES TO SANDRINGHAM,NOW IN THE GARDENS, DATED 1724. London Gates 141 to close the inner courts or quadrangles of important publicbuildings and private mansions. Of these Halton wrote in 1708{New View of London, p. 627) : Those especially about half amile in compass round the Royal Exchange, particularly eastwardtherefrom, are so numerous and magnificent, with Courts, Offices,and all other necessary apartments, inclosed to themselves, andnoble gates and frontispieces of some towards the street, butchiefly so ornamental and richly furnished within, that it wouldrequire too much room to give the names and House in Aldersgate Street was no doubt one of thehouses referred to. A few still remain, as the great but gates to the Bank of England, and Saint BartholomewsHospital. The last existing example in London o
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