ENTRANCES AND CARRIAGE COURTS. 



spoils, and at the same time adds unnecessarily to the cost. Simple, well-proportioned 

 gates, of good construction, are invariably the most satisfactory, whilst the money thus 

 saved would often pay for the erection of stone or brick hanging piers. Gates which are 

 not constructed on the principle of the five-barred gate, i.e., with diagonal braces, are 

 better in pairs. The usual setting-out widths for entrance gates, from that for a main 

 entrance to an important property down to a single gate to a suburban villa and wing 

 wall, are shown on illustration No. 36. 



FIG. 34. 



FIG. 35. 



In planning the wing walls every designer naturally has his own ideals as to what Wing walls. 

 will suit any given position. Practice, and failures in practice, yield useful object lessons 

 and settle points which, although they involve a few restrictions, repressing flamboyancy, 

 yet eventually help towards right methods. 



As previously stated, the distance from the line of roadway to the entrance gate is 

 dependent on many things. If the drive runs at right angles to the road, it is advisable 

 to place the gates far back to allow a turn of large radius for carriages. If the public 

 road be narrow in proportion to the amount of traffic upon it, it becomes all the more 

 necessary to have some form of well-recessed wing walls. 



FIG 36. 



Broadly speaking, there are three forms of wing walls, viz., the bell and cup shapes, 

 formed by convex and concave lines, and a combination of the two by O. G. lines. They are 

 shown in the accompanying sketch (111. No. 37), and of these there are many variations 

 and developments, such as splayed wing walls. For entrances placed at right angles to 

 the road, the cup-shaped plan is generally most effective, as it allows a good outside 

 green, which may be protected by posts and chain. The next best is the O. G. line ; but 

 for drives entering at irregular angles the bell-shaped is preferable, the convex lines being 



47 



