Black Gates & Screens at Entrance to the Tower

The Black Gates and Screens at the entrance to the Tower are decorative wrought iron gates dating from the 19th century. They feature a complex overthrow and flat, two-dimensional piers, with two bays of lower flanking screen-work. The piers are designed with openwork, showcasing scrolls, arrow and bell motifs, arches, and shells. The tops of the piers are arched and topped with urn finials. The gates themselves are segmentally arched, and the overthrow is elaborately decorated with foliate forms, shell motifs, scrolls, and a central roundel featuring an intertwined GW cypher. At the top of the overthrow is a gilded lion crest. The flanking screen sections are similar in design, consisting of two parts with dividing and end pilasters, as well as open foliate and geometric finials. Both the gates and the flanking sections are adorned with two tiers of fleurs-de-lis ornament at ground and dado height.