Rudding Gates And Flanking Walls

Rudding Gates and flanking walls are a gateway, gates, and walls from the early 19th century, possibly designed by Lewis Wyatt for the Honourable William Gordon. They are constructed of ashlar and wrought iron. The central arch is flanked by one-storey, one-bay lodges and curved walls. The tall round arch features a moulded archivolt, with flanking Ionic columns, a plain entablature, a dentilled cornice, and a moulded blocking course. Each lodge has one sash window with glazing bars, a moulded cornice, and a blocking course, and both have flat roofs. The curved flanking walls have plain coping and square piers topped with shallow pyramidal caps, linked to the lodges by 20th-century walling. The wrought iron gates have arrow-headed bars and plain dog bars, with a row of roundels in the upper rail. The tops of the gates are ramped to form a circle that aligns with the round archway.