Gates in 

 wood and 

 iron 

 combined. 



Wooden 

 gates. 



ENTRANCES AND CARRIAGE COURTS. 



the skill of hand and head of the worker count for more than in the forging and 

 fashioning of iron, and for this reason a perfectly plain gate carefully constructed is better 

 than an elaborate one turned out by machinery. 



As some proof that the clever craftsman is 

 still with us I illustrate three recently constructed 

 carriage gates. No. 28 shows the gates at 

 " Wood." No. 29 the gates to the carriage court 

 at Dunchurch Lodge, near Rugby, and Nos. 32 

 and 33 to the principal entrance, Little Onn 

 Hall, Staffordshire. 



A combination of wood and iron has often 

 been tried, sometimes with success. There seems 

 no valid reason why this combination should not 

 oftener have been resorted to, except on the 

 ground of the difference between the lasting 

 qualities of the two materials used. Here are 

 two designs, Nos. 34 and 35 which combine both 

 materials, the iron being treated constructionally 

 to strengthen the woodwork and the gates as 

 a whole. Teak is an excellent timber to use in 

 conjunction with iron, and so is English oak, 

 but pine, even when well painted, seems to decay 

 quicker by contact with it. 



For most people an oak or painted gate 

 must suffice. For detached villas and even larger FIG - 32. ENLARGED DETAIL OF FIG. 33. 



houses, well-designed gates, partly panelled or arranged with open bars and strong 

 substantial strap hinges and hung to squat, strongly-built stone or brick piers, such as 

 those given in illustration No. 69, are both effective and inexpensive. Over-elaboration 



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FIG. 33. ENTRANCE GATES AT LITTLE ONN HALL, STAFFORDSHIRE. 



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