Gateway and Screen Walls to Rhiwlas

The entrance gateway to Rhiwlas is designed in the Castellated Gothic style and features flanking railed screen sections. Constructed from dressed limestone, the gateway includes a pointed-arched entrance situated between two octagonal turrets. The arch is slightly recessed beneath a segmental arch that has blind shields in its spandrels, topped with a faux-machicolated and crenellated parapet. The turrets rise above the central arch and are similarly castellated, each displaying blind slit-lights on two stages at the front and rear, as well as a chamfered plinth. Originally, the gates were wooden but were replaced in the mid-20th century with 19th-century cast iron gothic gates. The screen sections consist of simple cast iron spear-headed railings mounted on a chamfered stone plinth, with plain terminating piers at both ends; the inner piers abut the gateway and feature sloped copings.