Principal Entrance Gates And Railings Fronting Kew Green, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

The principal entrance gates and railings fronting Kew Green at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew were designed by Decimus Burton in 1848, with ironwork crafted by Walker of Rotherham. The gates feature a foliated and scrolled design, highlighted by an armorial centre-piece, and are set within a mitred framework that includes two rows of anthemion pattern dog-rail. An elaborate overthrow adds to their grandeur. There are matching single side entrance gates, all positioned between Portland stone piers adorned with garlanded panels created by John Heming Jnr. The central piers are topped with vases that were originally part of an earlier pair of entrance gates to Kew Palace. The spear-headed railings include a smaller, closely-set spearheaded dog-rail that forms a quadrant on either side of the entrance, terminating in coupled, fused Portland stone piers with urns.