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To a modern Cottage or Lodge of Grecian architecture the 



Gate may either be a light wood 



between two 



posts 



or 



iron folding gates with brick or stone piers, and it may be of any 



mciful design. But if the Entrance to a place be marked by 

 a respectable Gothic Lodge, or a correct Gothic Cottage, the 

 Gate itself, and even the gate-posts, should also be of the same 



correct style of architecture. I do not mean the flimsy light 

 deal Gothic gate, frittered with little pointed arches like a show- 

 box, but the heavy strong oak Gate with massive hinges, and 



occasionally ornamented with fleur de lys, and iron spikes : 



it should appear to 



ave 



een constructed at the same period 



Park 



in which the Lodge itself is supposed to have been built. 



Among the various designs for the Entrance into a 

 that of an Archway is supposed to be copied from those ancient 

 specimens which may still be found near colleges an 

 houses, and in the remains of monastic buildings: but it should 



that such lofty arches are only found when 



manor 





he 



emembered 



join 



on 



side by high walls, or attache 



ding a court-yard 



to buildings 



hav 



in the air, being: 



When a lofty Archway is seen rising 



placed at the boundary of 



part 



and 



mg only a low paling on each side, it is out of character, and 



in fact bears th 

 compared to a 

 lied so. 



e appearance of 



1 



mere eye-trap 



may 



gate or stile by th 



sid 



e 



of 



g a P 



in 



th 



e 



Th 



e same 



serve 



iservation respecting the Archway may also 



ie Gatehouse; that i 



is, a covered way with a room 



over ft (which room in monastic buildings was called the Scrip- 





