Golden Gates And Overthrow, Screens And Pair Of Wing Lodges

The Golden Gates and Overthrow, along with the screens and a pair of wing lodges, are located at the east end of Belgrave Avenue in Eaton Park. These features date from the early 18th century and were created by Robert and John Davies of Croes Foel. The side gates and screens were added around 1880 by Alfred Waterhouse, with the work executed by Skidmore of Coventry. The gates and screens are made of wrought iron, finished in gold and black, while the lodges are constructed from stone.

The central pair of gates, each with a quadrant head, are set within a round-arched screen flanked by square openwork wrought iron piers. The intricate ornamentation, characteristic of the Davies Brothers' style, is found on the quadrants of the gates, the screen, the piers, and the overthrow. Fixed screens with a decorative wheel-shaped upper panel are positioned beside the gate piers, also designed by the Davies Brothers. Waterhouse's side gates and wing screens are designed to complement the earlier work.

The lodges, built around 1880, are single-storey structures with one room each and feature steep hipped roofs covered in shaped tiles. They are designed in an early French Renaissance Chateau style, with heavy stone sentry-box porches, corbelled balustrades at the eaves, and tall, cone-topped shaped circular chimneys. The gates and screens created by the Davies Brothers are recognized for their national importance, as detailed in Ifor Edwards' work, "The Davies Bros. Gatesmiths," published by the Welsh Arts Council in 1977.