English ironwork of the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries; an historical & analytical account of the development of exterior smithcraft (1911)
Gardner, John Starkie, 1844-1930 · London, B. T. Batsford · leaf 52
ates, bolted and barredand studded with iron,and, even more reliable,the portcullis, shod withiron and working in deepgrooves, drawn upward byiron chains into the cham-ber over the gate. Therewas always one and some-times more of these, andthey were let drop so sud-denly as to merit the nameof… … FIG. I. THE CASTLE GATE, CARISBROOKE,GUARDED BY A PORTCULLIS. 12 English Ironwork of the XVIIth and XVIIIth Centuries It is unlikely that any of the very few still in use are originals, butwith the gates it is otherwise. Those to Carisbrooke (Fig. l), of thefifteenth century, with hinges and…
Ironwork · Decoration and ornament, English · Architecture
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