The Canal Gates And Flanking Walls On West Side Of The Lake

SE 2769 9/66 6.3.67

LINDRICK WITH STUDLEY ROYAL AND FOUNTAINS STUDLEY PARK The Canal Gates and flanking walls on west side of The Lake (formerly listed as Canal Gates)

GV II

Gates, overthrow, gate piers, flanking walls, railings and lodge house. c1730 for John Aislabie; restored 1967 and 1985. Wrought iron and ashlar; foliage replaced in phospher bronze, shield of lead. Gates: 2 leaves, bars and dogbars with scrolled decoration; overthrow decorated with scrolls, foliage and shield. Flanking piers: approximately 4 metres high overall; each has moulded base and cornice surmounted by tall urn with garlands and masks. Flanking walls: each has round-arched pedestrian gateway with plain gate and pilaster buttress surmounted by ball finial. On left the wall is ramped down and carries a railing with trefoil finials. A gateway gives access to the stewards house, now restaurant (qv). The wall returns and links with the walling of the cascade (qv) in front of the restaurant. On right is a small lodge house known since 1967 as the 'lemonade house', built against the wall and undergoing complete rebuilding at time of resurvey. A lodge, similar in design to the Fishing Tabernacles on the Cascade (qv) and closing the facade at the west end, stood behind the wall to left, and was demolished c1860 when the restaurant was built. W T C Walker, personal communication.

Listing NGR: SE2791569060