Entrance Gate Piers And Gates At Approx 150 Metres West Of Trelowarren House

The entrance gate piers and gates located approximately 150 metres west of Trelowarren House are notable structures dating back to 1660 for the piers and the mid-19th century for the gates. The gate piers are made of dressed granite and feature monolith shafts in a Jacobean style, square in plan. The front inner corners of the shafts are hollow chamfered with roll-moulded borders that lead to domed stops. The shafts include rectangular sockets for the original five loose-barred gate. The pier caps are adorned with an entablature that includes a roll-moulded architrave, a tapered cavetto frieze inscribed with numerals in relief, and a double bevelled cornice topped with dome heads. Above these dome heads are ribbed pyramids with ball finials, each pyramid set diagonally and supported by a round-headed open cross vault with ball plinths at the arcade piers. There are later pin tail fastenings at the rear of the piers for gates that were in place before the current ones. The mid-19th century cast-iron gates feature spearhead designs, cross diagonal bottom bracing, scrolled lock rails, and round-arched top braces. Originally, the piers were located in the front quadrangle of Trelowarren and were moved during the period of Richard Rawlinson Vyvian, around 1830 to 1870. These piers are exceptionally fine, and it is noteworthy that despite their quality, the original gate was likely of the loose-barred type.