. English ironwork of the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries; an historical & analytical account of the development of exterior smithcraft. orate overthrow, which, while ostensibly match-ing their important neighbours, are complete in themselves ona much smaller scale, with no regard to their juxtaposition. Thougha certain want of scale between the parts of the Chirk Castle gatesis apparent, we still recognize there a grandeur and harmony whichmakes the Roberts work exceedingly impressive. Perhaps theRoberts had relinquished business when the wicket gates wererequisitioned, for they appear to be by Ba
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. English ironwork of the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries; an historical & analytical account of the development of exterior smithcraft. orate overthrow, which, while ostensibly match-ing their important neighbours, are complete in themselves ona much smaller scale, with no regard to their juxtaposition. Thougha certain want of scale between the parts of the Chirk Castle gatesis apparent, we still recognize there a grandeur and harmony whichmakes the Roberts work exceedingly impressive. Perhaps theRoberts had relinquished business when the wicket gates wererequisitioned, for they appear to be by Bakewell, who was doinghis best work in 1727. The gate heads are semicircular, andfilled with the exact shell design used by Bakewell in the side gate-to the Baptist Chapel in Derby. The lower border and the maskof the overthrow are those of the Silk Mill gates. The square piersare of plain vertical bars with Doric capitals, but carried higherby peculiar flat pilasters of acanthus and rich openwork vases, as inhis work in All Saints, Derby. This may account for the traditionthat they were made in Derby embodied in The Severn by. G/Vte and part of screen to NEWNHAI The III I Id- wi/i*Ji| Ilale 1X—X