Wrought Iron Architectural Metalwork
Designed & manufactured in the U.K
By: Chris Topp & Co Ltd, North Yorkshire
Tel: 01845 501415
Kent House, including railings and gate, was given statutory protection as a Grade II listed building in June 1954. It is also on the English Heritages buildings at risk register, which suggests that that the wrought iron gates and railings may be of an earlier date than c.1762, it was placed on the register as the owners had not maintained the building, gates and railings to an acceptable standard, since then Listed Building Consent for refurbishment of the railings and conversion of house to a single dwelling approved in 2007 as been completed.
We restored the gates, overthrow and railings in 2010, using the historical photos available to us we were able to fully restore all the iron work to its forma glory. As recorded in the London Survey, written in 1915, a detailed account of the house and architectural iron work and is recorded as follows: ‘The doorway is reached by a flight of steps, and the forecourt is enclosed by a gateway and railings of wrought iron. The arrangement of the side panels to the gate is a little curious, but the detail of the scroll-work in the overthrow and in the spearheads to the railings is of a very high order, and suggests an even earlier date than that of the house. The whole grouping, however, of gate, railings and doorway appears to be a single conception, and is wonderfully successful.'
