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FIG. 241. Drawing of Gateway by Inigo Jones. 



intention. Among the numerous designs for gateways is the 

 original by Jones of the little doorway which was once at 

 Beaufort House, Chelsea, but is now at Chiswick, and an un- 

 named example illustrated in Fig. 241. By the same master, 

 in all probability, are the splendid piers at Coleshill, in Berk- 

 shire (Fig. 242). Next in order of date are the gate-piers at 

 Thorpe Hall, in Northamptonshire, by John Webb, shown in 

 Fig. 50, and shortly after them is the fine series at Hamstead 

 Marshall, of which some have already been illustrated in Figs, 

 no, in. These bring us down to the time of Wren, and at 



