Description

SD 52 SE CUERDEN SHADY LANE

Iron gates at foot of terrace 3/99 steps to east of Cuerden Hall - GV II

Ornamental iron gates, perhaps 1819 by Lewis Wyatt. Between stone gatepiers in boundary wall of garden, tall iron railings extending to open-work iron pillars from which hang a pair of gates the tops of which are ramped down to the centre; the decorative emphasis is vertical, the railings, pillars and gates having straight vertical principal bars, short slim dog bars rising between and linked to them by wavy braces below the heads. In the centre of each gate and railing (flanked by twisted bars), and the pillars,are more narrowly-set bars supporting decorative scrolls, and there is an upper border of volutes beneath the top rail, which carries 6 small urn finials; the pillars also carry raised urn finials.

Listing NGR: SD5646823967

External Links

• Wikidata Q26570400

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