Gateway to Oatlands Park

Gateway. Built in the mid-C18, possibly in 1747 to 1749, to a design by the architect William Kent, probably executed by his assistant Stephen Wright. Moved to the current location with some alterations in around 1858 when two gate lodges were added to each side of the gate; the gateway is built up against the porches and east and west facing walls of the gate lodges.

MATERIALS: Portland stone ashlar gateway with wrought and cast-iron gates and railings.

DESCRIPTION: the gateway is built of rusticated Portland stone ashlar with a central gate flanked by pedimented piers and two smaller arched side gates set into a screen wall. It has a two-course plain ashlar plinth and several vermiculated stone courses. The piers are rectangular with round-headed niches surmounted by the coat of arms of the Pelham-Clinton family, including greyhounds and shield crests, beneath triangular pediments topped by ball finials. The round-headed arches to each side have radiating stone voussoirs and a vermiculated stone coping topped by ball finials. The gates are of wrought and cast-iron, including gilded spearhead finials and decorative scrollwork.