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very different, indeed, from those cast and wrought iron patterns manufac- 

 tured by wholesale, and set up without the slightest regard to the style of the 

 lodge or house to which they belong ; but which, from their cheapness, are 

 now so very generally adopted by country gentlemen. The sight of these 

 gates, at the entrance to a place, forbids all idea of taste pervading the 

 interior of the grounds. The great point for an artist or an amateur to bear 

 in mind is, the difference between a gate which is merely to serve as the 

 moveable part of a fence, for the purpose of allowing persons and things to 

 pass from one side of the fence to the other, and a gate which is to serve as a 

 portal to a human residence. The humblest cottage, if this idea were borne 

 in mind, would be approached through a gate superior in style of design to 

 the gate or door into the adjoining field ; while, at the same time, it would be 

 inferior to the gate of a farm-house. We shall now give two or three designs 

 for entrance lodges and gates, referring those of our readers who may wish to 

 know more on the subject to our Encyclopcedia of Cottage, Farm, and Villa 

 Architecture, p. 997, to p. 1006. 



462. Parker's self-acting gate, fig. 223, opens apparently by its own volition, 



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