JSPew Field Gate . 
This gate was designed for the approach to a country 
residence ; but for common purposes, the wicket on one 
hand, and the short length of rails on the other, may be 
omitted. I shall thank you, if you will have the good- 
ness to lay my plan before your respectable Society, of 
which I have, for many years, had the honour to be a 
member. And should this plan be approved of, I may 
probably furnish some designs for park gates on an im* 
proved construction. I am, &c. 
Charles Waistell. 
March 22, 1803. 
To Mr. Charles Taylor. 
Reference to the Fngraving. Plate 15, Fig. 4. 
Dimensions. 
The heel of the gate to be about Si inches square. 
The head of ditto . . 2i by 3 inches. 
The top rail or bar . . 3=1 by li inches. 
The bottom bar . . . Si by li inches. 
The bar in the middle of the gate 3 by li inches. 
The other bars, and the 4 braces 2\ by if inches. 
Observations on its Construction . 
The head and heel of the gate may be of oak, and the 
bars and braces of fir. Narrow and thick bars, when 
braced as in this design, are stronger than broad and thin 
ones, containing the same quantity of timber, and they 
also oppose a less surface to the wind. The two points 
in the heel of the gate, to which the thimbles are fasten- 
ed, may be considered as firm or fixed points. From 
these points, namely, i and 2, two braces to proceed to 
4 and 3, in the middle of the bottom and top bars, and be- 
ing there secured, these become fixed points, and from 
these two points, namely, 4 and 3, two braces proceed to 
