Golden Gates
Golden Gates
Golden Gates
Golden Gates
Golden Gates
Golden Gates
Golden Gates
Golden Gates
Golden Gates
Golden Gates
Golden Gates
Golden Gates
Golden Gates
Golden Gates
Golden Gates
Golden Gates
Golden Gates
Golden Gates
Golden Gates
Golden Gates
Golden Gates
Golden Gates
Golden Gates
Golden Gates
Golden Gates

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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

check website for details

Inscription description

above central main gate: A DEO ET REGE / H H

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Located at

Borrowash Road, Elvaston

DE72 3EP

At the southern boundary of Elvaston Country Park, at the end of Vault Avenue.