Gateway To Botanical Gardens With Lodges Screen Wall And Railings

The gateway to the Botanical Gardens, including lodges, a screen wall, and railings, was built around 1836 and later in the 19th century, with restoration completed in 1990. It is likely designed by BB Taylor. The structure is made of ashlar stone with stone slate roofs and features two stone side wall stacks. In a classical style, it has a plinth, corner pilasters, cornices, and blocking courses. The entrance is a round-arched barrel vault with a keystone, flanked by a pair of giant Ionic columns. The frieze above is inscribed with "Botanical Gardens," and the entablature is topped with a modeled blocking course. Beneath the arch, there are ornamental cast-iron gates and a corniced half-glazed door on each side. The lodges have blank rear walls and two windows on the fronts. Each side has a concave curved flanking wall with square piers, an entablature, and a blocking course. To the right, there is a scrolled wrought-iron railing on a chamfered plinth, approximately 200 meters long. At the south-west corner, a wrought-iron caged turnstile is present.