The Chapel North Gates

The Chapel North Gates are located in Cholmondeley Park and were designed by Robert Bakewell in 1722. Originally part of the fencing for the Old Hall, they were removed and adapted for use as gates in 1829 after the Old Hall was demolished in 1801. The gates are made of wrought iron and feature stone end piers. There is one pair of high gates flanked by lower wicket gates, all hung from square, open-work wrought iron piers that are decorated with volutes, leaves, bobbins, and sun motifs. The metal plate ogee caps have ball and leaf finials with terminal twists. Both the main and wicket gates share a similar design, featuring square bars with spear and leaf cresting, along with two rows of water lilies hanging as pendants below the top rails. The design includes infilling of volutes and leaves supported by the bottom rails. The wickets close against square stop-chamfered stone piers that have four-way weathered caps.