ENTRANCES AND CARRIAGE COURTS. 



GATC PFRS j ItZZO 



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dimensions, and on that account perhaps better adapted to the majority of entrances 

 (111. No. 28). They are *built of roughly squared granite, with simply detailed capitals to 



permit of the molds being cut by 

 local workmen, the whole sur- 

 mounted by lead urns. Other 

 columns of similar height, but in 

 brick, are shown in No. 34. Others 

 in brick and tiles and octaganal 

 on plan are shown in illustration 

 No. 35. 



Where a homely quaintness is Gate piers 

 sought after rather than archi- and local 

 tectural expression, much may be material. 

 done with the simplest local 

 material, whether brick and tile, 

 granite, limestone, millstone grit, or 

 slate rock as in Westmorland and 

 North Wales. Where there is 

 neither rock nor brick of sufficiently 

 good quality to stand the strain 

 of gates, then any material which 



FIG. 30. 



comes handiest may be built up 



in cement and completed in cement rough-cast, with a flag or simply dressed cap, which 

 may be surmounted by a ball, sugarloaf, or other suitable finial. An example in rough 

 stone is given in No. 31, and of 

 brick in Nos. 34 and 35. 



For the gates themselves, . ^J . Wrought 



wrought iron in some form . ir^BSJMl 3Ba3 ' iron gates. 



or other, either plain or 

 ornamental, is the best. No 

 reference has been made to 

 those fine achievements in the 

 smith's art which are the fitting 

 accompaniment of the palatial 

 mansion, but a study of them is 

 not only interesting but helpful 

 to all who contemplate the 

 erection of new entrance gates, 

 even though they may necessarily 

 be on a more modest scale. 

 Considered from the practical 

 point of view however, wrought 

 iron lasts longest and needs 

 little repair beyond an occasional 

 coat of paint. Unfortunately no 

 material lends itself so readily 

 to the manipulation of the 

 wholesale manufacturer who, by 

 his machinery, supplants the 



craftsmanship of the worker. In 

 no branch of applied art does 



FlG. 31. A SIMPLE ENTRANCE IN GRANITE AND WROUGHT IRON. 



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