Historic iron gates, reference LHL116

LHL116

Published on Thursday, September 4.

Updated on Thursday, September 4.

Two sets of late 19th/early 20th Century iron gates and gate posts located at the North West and North East corners of the Recreation Ground. Each set of gates consists of 3 square, cast iron posts, together with a single-leaf, wrought iron pedestrian gate leaf and a similar pair of wrought iron double gate leafs. The posts, from the Baylis foundry in London, are of a light 1890’s character. The gate leafs consist of sets of ‘wriggling’ full height and half-height standards supported by bottom, middle and top rails and with curved & curled finials of an archetypal 1920’s feel. Unlike the railings that enclosed the Recreation Ground, these gates luckily survived the 1940 salvage campaign and as a reminder of what was lost, are of much local historic importance. They are also of considerable townscape value.