Description

Gateway to Queen Margaret Drive; A B McDonald city architect; circa 1894. 2 pairs of gates arranged with wide central carriageway flanked by narrow pedestrian gateway. 4 tall square gatepiers of banded ashlar and brick rising to octagonal domed ashlar caps with ball finials to outer pair, inner pair support wrought-iron lamp brackets. Elaborate wrought- iron gates with city arms.

At Kirklee Quadrant: 2 pairs of cast-iron gates with cast-iron gatepiers.

Surrounding gardens, low coped ashlar wall supports cast-iron railings. Opposite Kibble Palace and Kirklee Gardens; tall coped coursed ashlar wall.

Statement of Interest

Part of Botanic Gardens B group

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17806104

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)