The details are plain and bold; a shield of arms with quatrefoils is placed over the side entrance; these and the ornaments on the bay-window are the chief enrichments.
The lodge was to have been erected with ragstone ashlar for the quoins and red-brick facing for walls,—the bay-window and all the strings and battlements were to be in Caen stone. The iron gates were to be of wrought iron in the olden style. An elevation of one of the gates is given, showing a thin ornamental pattern within a strong iron frame.
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Elevation of second design.
The parts, ¼ full size, are shown; a is the top rail, b the circular bar, c a section and elevation of the hanging rail, and d the meeting bar.
The accommodation required by the gate-keeper who was to occupy the lodge was greater than could be well provided on the site the building was to stand on. What he did ask for was given in a second
Ground plan.
design, which, as it shows a different treatment of the elevation, is here illustrated. In this the rooms are