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Highly decorated carriage gates flanked by cast iron railings. The eighteenth century gates reputedly belonged to Napoleon and were originally sited in Paris. They were re-erected at Elvaston in the mid-nineteenth century for the Earl of Harrington by his gardener William Barron, with attached mid-nineteenth century walls. The gates have the rails grouped in bunches of three, and the central rail of each is topped by a large arrowhead finial. Each gate has two decorative scrolled panels. Above the gates, between the posts, there is an ornate overthrow with a coronet finial and a central circle inscribed 'H H and Deo et Rege'. The railings are supported at either end by stone pillars faced with Chellaston alabaster and topped with eighteenth century statues depicing Jason and the Golden Fleece and Hercules and the Nemean Lion.
Title
Golden Gates
Date
1819
Medium
cast iron, stone & marble alabaster
Measurements
H 500 x W 3500 x D (?) cm
Accession number
DE72_HC_S067
Acquisition method
purchased by Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington
Work type
Gateway
Owner
South Derbyshire District Council
Custodian
South Derbyshire District Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
1819
Listing date
10/11/67
Access
time restrictions apply
Access note
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Inscription description
above central main gate: A DEO ET REGE / H H