Edney Gates, inc flanking screen and attached walls with opposing gates to S end of Middle Court

Edney Gates, including the flanking screen and attached walls with opposing gates at the south end of Middle Court, are early 18th century wrought iron double gates accompanied by flanking pedestrian gates, all mounted on wrought iron piers. These gates are symmetrically aligned with the main entrance of the house. Each gate features a symmetrical panel of delicately scrolled ironwork adorned with naturalistic acanthus leaves. The flanking pedestrian gates step down from the main gateway. The four piers display similar panels to the gates, but the ironwork is crafted in three dimensions from a central vertical member. Each pier is topped with a fine composite capital, which is crowned by a scrolled cresting that supports a sprig of naturalistic foliage. Above the gates is a complexly scrolled overthrow of classical foliage that steps down to the sides from a central foliate finial. The gates are flanked by low brick walls with copings that support sections of iron railings set between panels of similar wrought ironwork. The Middle Court is enclosed on both sides, with a red brick wall bordering the Orangery Garden to the southwest, which retains similar wrought iron gates at the south and northeast corners.