Grace Gates At Lord'S Cricket Ground

The Grace Gates at Lord's Cricket Ground are gates and flanking walls with piers, built as a memorial to W. G. Grace in 1923 by Herbert Baker. The gates are made of cast iron and are set within a curved exedra of Portland stone. There are two pairs of gates, each topped with a motif of a cricket ball surrounded by rays of the sun, positioned on either side of a central pier that features a single triglyph of cricket stumps beneath an urn with an English lion. The center of the gates bears an inscription that reads: 'TO THE MEMORY OF WILLIAM GILBERT GRACE THE GREAT CRICKETER: 1848-1915: THESE GATES WERE ERECTED: THE MCC AND OTHER FRIENDS AND ADMIRERS'. The exedra has curved walls with a moulded cornice and base, while the piers are adorned with urns. There are swags and voussoirs over low doors that provide pedestrian access on either side. W. G. Grace was a prominent cricketer who played first-class cricket for 43 years and was a leading figure in English cricket during the late 19th century.